I scanned the living room for any evidence of a female guest; for a purse, or scarf, or high heeled shoes. Moments later, he appeared with...
Bridget and Taye Cole were having a laugh at the table under the bright yellow lights at the rooftop restaurant when I got to the table;...
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Slowly and cautiously, he turned the swivel chair to face the door and saw…
Prelude: Conscience Friday 24th March, 2000 The fluorescent light in the room flickered several times and stopped. The noise woke Kora up. She looked across the...
She was seated comfortably in the car when she noticed a group of people. They surrounded a young man who sat on the floor pleading and...
This November, BellaNaija is proud to announce a partnership with Narrative Landscape Press, to bring you excerpts of Oyinkan Braithwaite‘s new novel, My Sister the Serial Killer. Every Tuesday this...
This November, BellaNaija is proud to announce a partnership with Narrative Landscape Press, to bring you excerpts of Oyinkan Braithwaite‘s new novel, My Sister the Serial Killer. Every Tuesday this...
This November, BellaNaija is proud to announce a partnership with Narrative Landscape Press, to bring you excerpts of Oyinkan Braithwaite‘s new novel, My Sister the Serial...
Under the spotlight, all Tomide Ojo could see from the stage was a faint outline of his wife’s face. He’d thought Titilope would vanish through the...
“Okay young lady, time to head home.” Simon said and Rèmí made a sad face. “Can’t we stay just a bit longer?” she asked. “No Love,...
Efua’s mother, Mulie is from Senegal while her father is a Ghanaian. Appiah’s grandmother is from Senegal too; that appeared to create some bond between the...
AT FIRST, MONI BADMUS thought she needed to get her forty-year-old eyes checked because surely her vision was failing her. Either that or she was hallucinating....
When things happen we hope that time will make everything better, and by better we mean less painful and would not sting as much as it...
I wondered how I would survive since it was Tamuno’s money I was depending on to repay Mr Theodore. I was too ashamed to ask for...
The camp market in the evening was very interesting. Oluomachukwu didn’t want to go at first because she didn’t know what to expect, but she was...
It was a sunny afternoon. The sun was lofty high in the sky. And its rays reflected on the lonely path that led to the village...
Being the first born, it fell on my shoulders to arrange the funeral. My father had always told us as we grew up that in the...
Right on cue, Tina came, barely holding on to three questionable-looking drinks with Nikky right behind her. “Look who I found,” Tina said. She squeezed herself...
It’s not me, it’s you. It’s not you, it’s me. Potayto, Potato, Tomayto, Tomato, Let’s call the whole thing off. The break up is one of...
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