I walked down to the river bank, darting my eyes around for any sign of human or animal presence. It was dusk. The breeze blew past my face into the trees, and the leaves rattled.I turned left and right again. I was almost at the […]
…of Lizards
Day 23, 2021
Pursue Woman I know you’re expecting a story…eh, this is also a story sha. Men need to be reminded that it is “to pursue woman” and not to ask “woman wait”. It is “ịchụ nwanyị” and not “nwanyị chere.” I feel like a detective in […]
Day 22, 2021
Wow I’m not going to waste time tale’ing you this story because there’s nothing much to tale. I’m still shocked as it is. I strolled out this night to get medicine. I’ve been ignoring the signs of a health breakdown till this evening and I […]
Day 21, 2021
What it truly means Whenever you are going to a new place, always endeavor to ask directions from a young person. E get why. You see these old people that trekked to the streams and farms and even trekked to cities, don’t ask them for […]
Day 15, 2021
Farmers Fifty-eight year old Obioma was up before the first cock crow. She prepared a quick pot of jollof rice and dropped in tiny bits of fish inside the pot. When she was done she brought down the pot, held her hands on her waist […]
Day 14, 2021
I think that a mood greatly affects writing. A writer flows with a certain mood and can ride on till the mood is exhausted. A certain writer can only write when he is happy or relaxed or unbothered by anything while another can only really […]
Day 13, 2021
December My father didn’t travel on the same day with us to the village, so man refused to take us home with his car. It was a lot carrying our luggages, with foodstuffs and the gas and other things. We had our hands full, literally. […]
Day 12, 2021
The Ride The chilly harmattan breeze cascaded through the trees, past into the streets and rested on the closed windows, patiently seeping in its coldness into the rooms. Maria moaned and drew up the blanket higher up to her waist. She basked in the warmness […]
Day 11, 2021
Good men, Hard men I saw a strange thing today. Strange is not the word, it’s a funny, bizarre and gory thing to experience and I’m partly still in shock. For the sake of my non Igbo readers, I’ll translate all the sentences spoken in […]
Day 10, 2021
My birthday! It’s my birthday today, I want to tell you a story yet I feel it’s not a story day. But, let’s have a picture day instead. What’d you think???🤪 I think it is a great idea! Right? Of course you agree it is. […]
Day 9, 2021
Beya I returned to see Beya. I’d be leaving the village tomorrow. I waited till evening when most people had left the compound for the football tournament going on in the field. I envisioned myself in the forest and jittered. The forest wasn’t a funny […]