I squinted my eyes at the glare of light from my phone in the dark as I scrolled through my WhatsApp messages for what would be...
Mother said your anger would kill you. She had seen it before, she said. Her short-tempered uncle – the one you bore an uncanny resemblance to...
Uncle Buba was tall, taller than Father who was said to be a good 6’4. He had to bend his lean frame each time he passed...
This hate I feel hovers around me like a dark shadow, it drains my energy, sucks my blood dry, and makes my heart weak. Does she...
Everyone agreed that you acquired the stoop in October. You sat like you had no backbone, burying your once graceful neck beneath the weight of your...
I was going to stay in bed till noon, then curl up on the couch in front of the TV, in my old, faded, over-sized pink...
My last boyfriend once asked if I was an invalid because I wasn’t quick to do what he wanted. He also called me a dummy for...
The second ring was sudden, causing me to start so involuntarily that I felt the blood rush to my temples. It took all my will power...
Just when we were beginning to think that the days of jungle justice were safely behind us, news of Akinnifesi Olumide Olubunmi‘s death from severe beating...
She will take one look at me and she will know. Mother will somehow smell it, sense it, feel it. I do not want to go...
“So … do you like him?” My friend’s grin, when I caught it from across the table, was different – broad, baring teeth different – from...
At first, it was a mild itch – one I could ignore. So I continued to fiddle with my phone, checking for recent updates on Facebook...
The poster is old. There are folds around its edges. I reach out to straighten them. I know it is useless but I try. Slowly, my...
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