Naija Stories

Fabunmi ‘Ekun’ 1

Fadehan Adeoshun — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:07:48 +0000

Once upon a midnight, Fabunmi had a nightmare, a very terrible nightmare. He walked outside his hut and sat on a bamboo bench. On that night, the stretched sky was dotted by just a few stars and the shy moon hid itself behind the clouds, showing up like a new wife once in a while. Read More

EZE GOES TO SCHOOL (Episode 10)

Walter — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:05:03 +0000

This kind of day doesn’t happen very often. The sun was still ablaze in the crepuscular sky, and the strength of its glare, which had blistered all day long, was softened by a mild breeze that was nudging it to the West, soughing through the trees that dotted the perimeters of the school field as Read More

Nene’s Choice – Chapter 6

izadi — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:58:22 +0000

Chapter 6: Nene woke up to find herself in a hospital bed, the doctor smiled warmly at her…”Ah madam Nene, you are up, what happened this time now, did you fall down the stairs or run into another door?” doctor Omawunmi bent gently over her to look at the swelling at the back of her Read More

Starry Daze

Kelechi Eze — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:05:09 +0000

Kabir’s eyes watched his dusty feet in their brown leather shoes as he trekked home. He put his hands into his pockets and bent his shoulders muttering ever so slightly to himself. The date with Semira had been terrible he’d made every possible mistake; laughing too much, holding her hand at the wrong moment, then Read More

Other Remnants of Africa

Kingsley — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:13:59 +0000

(To Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.) In our remote distant village town Our grand father had once told us What were dooms to African. This the white men Once upon a time called civilization. They came with their den gun That overcame the strength of our bow Overwhelmed gun shot the Read More

Endless sea

basittjamiu — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:24:09 +0000

My love for you is like an endless sea, Flowing in purity, Like Orumolu in Jesa. A sense of new life, the one in the early morning dew, I feel inside me. In this spacious love garden my heart craves. Your face glitter around me like the shining diamond, Taking from the deepest sea. Your Read More

Hard to go out without nothing

Uyiosa — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:49:06 +0000

In the end, space is the destiny An infinite to the wasted void The stars fight for our freedom Do you see them not rage? Dripping on the falling dew Grandiose with the music that swells Heavy with the bucket of tears Ride with the tides Or stay stagnant with the waves Free trees, Read More

Two Bastards And A Lady

Sunshine — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:41:04 +0000

You never told anyone you were a bastard. It was easier that way. It gave critics less amunition and allowed friends envy you completely. When you refused to touch Nailia before the wedding she worried that you weren’t virile. You laughed long, loud and hard. “That should be the least of your worries girl” She Read More

The Piano Book: Part 2

Sharon Salu — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:53:34 +0000

Mama had not yet returned from work, and I had already been to Mama Peju’s shop. She did not have the house keys. That meant that I would have to wait outside the door until Mama came back. Today, that option was not-so-palatable. Waiting at Mama Peju’s shop was out of the question. I Read More

Then the war starts

Nita Sam — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:52:18 +0000

You love him because he smelt like fresh laundry and sunlight. He reminded you of mornings in your country and the dance of bed sheets hung outside on a line. Love began to smell like home. Then the war starts but you had already given your heart to a man who would run at the Read More