All the compounds in the village had mud houses and silos (rumbo). Timothy offered us water and tried to start off conversations in Hausa, three of us responded in unison ‘Ba Hausa’.
All the compounds in the village had mud houses and silos (rumbo). Timothy offered us water and tried to start off conversations in Hausa, three of us responded in unison ‘Ba Hausa’.
On the third day in Dukawa, at breakfast we met Tom Brown, Tom Brown was not your typical well dressed, British man, rather he was a brown, delicious, viscous, nutritious meal made from Soya bean, maize and groundnut.
If you’ve ever borrowed anything, you know how a colleague’s notebook can become more important than your favourite dress when it comes to safeguarding. It’s simple: Whatever was borrowed must be returned in one piece, either to maintain your reputation or to secure your borrowing source so that there will be a next time.
A salient lesson from a short story.
By Akinwande Onadeko His little beady eyes scanned the horizon as he watched people pass by. He was standing in the alleyway, pieces of paper and garbage strewn round him. The pile of cluttered papers
By Olutimehin Ifeoluwa It was 8pm and Christmas eve. I had just closed from work and surprisingly, it was heavily in December that snow was expected. I didn’t have a car and there was nobody
By Abasi-ama Idim Julie was at an all time low, I had never seen my sister like this, never, I mean never!!! She’s been my role model from when we were kids, I always admired
By Temilade Jagun My heart stopped as I made to open the door, my fingers already on the knob. What was I about to do? I thought. After all he had put me- us through.
By Amusan Tolulope I stood stunned as the judge pronounced my husband guilty and handed him a thirty years of imprisonment with bountiful hard labour. Yes, i could still remember his countenance and the scream
By Bola Abiola Christmas for me has never been about Santa Clauses or presents discovered under the Christmas tree on Christmas day. We sure didn’t stuff our stockings with sweets to hang over the fireplace. Draping
The moon stood sentinel, casting its gaze upon the bonfire valentine party taking place on the beach. Kes gave a perfunctory laugh at Ify’s ‘out of sync ‘ step with the electric slide while his
