Counting Your Steps
“Spite, dissonance, allure, confusion or simply trying to gain the parents attention? why do church children stray?
THE RACE AGAINST DEATH
“come on in” Adisa groaned as the knock on his door persisted. It had roused him earlier but as he
THE BEAUTY OF A CEMETERY
“I am a Nigerian”.
“We do not die”.
Okay, let us paraphrase that.
Who Do You Think You Are?
“You will not believe what happened to me today” Jaki sidled up to mama “Ah child, you returned so early. What happened to your face?” Papa asked as he noticed the welt across his face” “I hurried back as I could not get across town”. Little Jaki replied in an angry quivering voice “What…
the roulette master
“does he even hear?” I muttered petulantly as I envisaged myself walking away with a resigned look. “you know he does” “does he really care?” “do you think he doesn’t?” “flipping answer the question and stop throwing it back at me. I ask the questions here!” I screamed out in my head at the 6am…