You’re scrolling through Twitter. Everyone seems to be retweeting a thread. You notice a few familiar handles tweeting their thoughts on the thread. You like a couple of retweets and click on a few, hoping to find the original poster and read the entire thread. You claw your way through RTs upon RTs until…. “Ah, … Continue reading What it really means to return to sender
Author: Taiwo Odumala
this thing under your skin
“That Yellow Paw-paw na”, Chinwe said again. Chinwe was sitting with other girls in front of the SS2 block. They were talking about the new Junior student who wouldn’t do anything that wasn’t in the school curriculum. This included serving punishment, doing chores or running errands for seniors. It didn’t help that she was the … Continue reading this thing under your skin
My Kingdom Come
I sit here by my laptop, thinking about what to write. The black-and-white keys stare at me, waiting for me to start punching. It’s been a while, this writing thing. It’s been a while I wrote anything that wasn’t preceded by a brief. People talk about writer’s block. I guess they haven’t met Nigerian clients. … Continue reading My Kingdom Come
Not Much Longer (A Bankole Banjo Flash Fiction)
She said she loved him. He believed. She wanted him to focus on becoming a better man. No mindless partying or excessive drinking. He agreed. Everything she asked, he did. Everything went well. The relationship blossomed. Couple of the Year. Model Couple. They called them. Yet, he was sad. It was not what he wanted. … Continue reading Not Much Longer (A Bankole Banjo Flash Fiction)
Brother Seun (A Bankole Banjo Flash fiction)
She was on her knees, tears welled up in her eyes. "I am tired, Daddy. I want out." "No no my daughter. It is against the Word." "Daddy, which Word? Ehn, which Word? Seun wan kill me." "Kill bawo? Ki lo se?" "Daddy GO, o se bebe. Seun wants it every day. Na food?" "Ah. … Continue reading Brother Seun (A Bankole Banjo Flash fiction)
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