Ba Ba black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes sir! Yes sir! Three bags full. ********* It is that time of the year when the lights come out to play. Christmas is in a few days, and the new year in another week after that. The harmattan air has been playing hide-and-seek for a few … Continue reading Ọ̀pá Mósè
Family
On Langholm Road
The day had started with music lulling me gently awake. Those were my best mornings - the ones that start with music. They usher in the day with the right energy. Simi's "By You" was playing off my bluetooth speakers. It reminded me of the days when love was a perfect fairytale. Days when there … Continue reading On Langholm Road
Take me back – the finale
It's been 2weeks since Ni recovered himself at the Mall. 2 weeks since that morning when she'd turned around in a hurry, after receiving that call from Tola, Ni's sister. 2 weeks since she left the door open and her daughter had walked out after her and shut the door. Now Wande was kneeling in … Continue reading Take me back – the finale
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
Lost
That morning, Salewa logged in to her twitter account to find another tweet of a missing 16-year old girl. This time it wasn’t the usual stranger asking everyone to Retweet until the missing girl was found. This time it was her friend @niniayo who posted that his younger sister was missing. He had gone ahead … Continue reading Lost