I made a promise. I’m not the kind of guy that would say things just for the sake of it. I was invited to a birthday...
One twenty-first century day, on a bright Friday morning, as you were wiping the droppings of ayekooto on the windscreen of your car because you would...
That Monday morning, I did not wake up in a hurry. I did not run into the shower. I did not jump into my clothes, and...
I heard the whole thing– it was a shocking news – about your order that Tosing’s name and pictures should be removed from the billboards and...
I remember running across the road to attend the annual cross over service at Presbyterian Church in Umuahia. My steps were uncalculated, clumsy and reckless. I...
Her thirteen year old brother told you he would wash your clothes and your feet for the rest of his life – if you changed your...
Please hear my side of the story; I know you are very busy; pulled here and there by the demands of life, love and work. You’ve...
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...
You knew this guy very well; long before he had that hairstyle that made him look like a dinosaur. He must have been inspired by Phyno’s...
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....
The cover of night is one of her many costumes, and she wears it with ease, like water following a familiar course. She also has on...
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...
It wasn’t just the mismatched eyes that Yvonne inherited from her mother; she got the blotched skin and the bad temper too. Unlike her mother, Yvonne’s...
You were on your way to the office one rainy, windy, Thursday morning, looking forward to your meeting with Mr Damon who had read about your...
She called. I mean my younger sister, sounding very disturbed, very urgent. She said something about needing me at mum’s house. I wondered what it was...
I was in the hood one cool evening. I may not be able to talk about it like the fantastical hood of these trendy youths with...
I’ve heard them talk about each other: I’ve heard her talk about him when he was not around; and have heard him talk about her when...
When the whole thing started, when the whole matter began to unfold, how the hell were you excepted to know how it would end? You are...
“In da morin, early in da morin, in da morin, I will rise and praise da Lord…” They clapped along, tenor and bass, warming their vocal...
The Contract is a series on BN Prose. Read the earlier parts of The Contract here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 *** The silence in...
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