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...
I am on the verge of turning thirty. I can only compare being in your late twenties to being at that party that suddenly just got...
He slapped her buttocks playfully as they walked past the lake near the parking lot. She tried to be nice. It was painful, he looked like...
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,...
Where there is modesty, there is virtue – Swedish Proverb Like the awkward elephant in the room, I first noticed this unspoken ethos years ago while...
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...
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...
Infertility is a hot button issue in Nigeria, with thousands of couples struggling to get pregnant. This can be a very harrowing journey. Nneka Kyari‘s book “Breaking...
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...
Yanked from a pleasant dream by the shrill sound of the alarm clock buzzer, Moni fought hard against opening her eyes. She would rather stay in...
Rhea’s stilettos clicked noisily like distressed night crickets as she ran out of the church hall, and down the cold cobbled pavement. Her heavily rouged cheeks...
Hours later, the ladies were relaxed on the patio of Ini’s apartment going through their shopping bags. They were all smiles—another satisfying day of shopping. Quality...
The pungent smell of rotten cheese woke me up. I batted a damp piece of fabric off my face to the floor: a purple lace underwear....
“All you leg shakers and rats, do you wonder why you are dullards in the classroom, unproductive in the fields and listless with your families? Of...
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