It's Friday and there's a party about to start. Drinks are showing up. Small chops are making mouths do the Skelewu. soon, feet will join the movement. You see It's TGIF somewhere in the city of Lagos. but before i go join the party... Dear Reader, The gods of writing must be having the … Continue reading Thoughts on a Random Day
Author: Taiwo Odumala
How to Capture Ojuju Calabar
One day, you enter your house and drop your bag on the kitchen counter as your hands find the light switch on the wall. As the light comes on, you notice your things are everywhere. Slowly, you walk towards the sitting room. There are things on the floor, the chairs, ironing table. Piles and piles … Continue reading How to Capture Ojuju Calabar
For Lack of a Title
“I should have eaten”, Gbenle thought as he manoeuvred passers-by at Oyingbo market trying to get the heavy weight of foodstuff on his shoulders to a car parked somewhere on Apapa road. Behind him, an elderly woman walked briskly; tailing him to make sure he doesn’t run away with her purchase. Gbenle is one of … Continue reading For Lack of a Title
A Saturday of Answers
The country is Nigeria. The city is Lagos. It was Saturday and I had slept my eyes out. That was after hours of practising make-up application because I had watched some videos on YouTube. It was also the second Saturday in a row I wouldn’t be going to school because students had protested the no-light-no-water … Continue reading A Saturday of Answers
Teach Me To Be Human
We have forgotten how to talk… In a world of so much noise We have lost the art of speech In a generation of silent screams… We have forgotten how to think Reason for every Tablet Point me where knowledge lives Buried in ancient minds tagged witch… We have forgotten how to remember Keeping memories … Continue reading Teach Me To Be Human
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