How Much Does Your Ignorance Cost?
Please do not burst my bubble because with my head in the clouds, I can pretend not to know
Dream Count: A review of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Novel.
As reviewed through the eyes of an unmarried, Igbo woman
Dear Father: what is the cost of your love?
“My father called me” Khadijat blurted out as I picked her call “Which father? I was confused “Alhaji”
#iwd2025: tackling the shame & stigma of a single mother
“When I got pregnant, everything changed. Especially within my family. The disappointment was too heavy. I had gone from the
Viewing life through the eyes of Mr Death
“It kills me sometimes how people die” says Death compassionately as he marches along
Join Mr Death as he narrates his side of the story through this Nazi German streets in WW2
“I would love to cheat on my wife too”
“You think I do not cheat because I love my wife so much?” his laughter cooled off as he switched on his serious face “Well, why else? or is it your moralist views?” I teased. Since I knew he was not big on religion There we stood by the frontage of my compound while he […]
beware of that greek gift
In The Beginning. Joe picked up his phone and dialled Aham’s digits. “Happy New Year, my brother” Aham’s deep baritone reverberated over the line “Compliments of the Season, brotherly” Joe responded in his quieter voice They chatted for a long time, sharing goals and plans. And as they signed off, Aham invited Joe over for […]
the dilemma of saving a life – The Christmas Story
The law was clear on adultery: stone both parties. (Leviticus 20:10). Eventually, patriarchal enforcers flipped it to – stone only the female. Father-in-law Judah, without blinking, passed the sentence on his widowed Daughter-in-law. (Genesis 38). The Pharisees swiftly sentenced the woman caught in adultery (John 8 ) So why did Joseph spare Mary? Instead of […]
enslaved. abused. deported. a tale of the vulnerable migrant.
“One more footstep and all these will be over” Hajara looked at the sea entreatingly “You are too young and still have your life ahead of you” her heart remarked “What life does she have? Is this a life?” her head jeered “This life. She is here. Things can turn around, you know” “Ever the […]
he lost his marriage to this relocation
“A family broke up as a husband and wife were sleeping with each other when their spouses were at work” the black man who sat across from me proffered in halting English “You mean the student who left her husband for another man and he had been sent back to Nigeria? Ola turned towards him […]