MY NIGHTMARE JOB IN LAGOS __#54
Everyone in my village thought I had made it. When I got a job in Lagos, my mother killed chicken. My father prayed for me in our compound in Nnewi, "My son will work in big…
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THE NIGHTMARE THAT DID NOT END WHEN I WOKE UP___#54
I have never believed in nightmare until that night in my village. My name is Chisom. I live in Awka, but I went to my village in Orsumenyi for my grandma's burial. The burial…
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Life on campus was splendid until reality made me realize that things weren’t that simple. Like every other student I was preparing for exams, when a course mate asked for my…
I WAS THERE
I was there when Tobi and Sandra entered the house, I watched them sit on the couch to talk about the things girls talk about in private. It was surprising to see them talk so…
DOUBLE STANDARDS
Joe started off as a high school prodigy, always standing out in everything. Entering into college, he carried the same aura he had in high school. People started flunking around…
ADA__THE DEAD BODY WASHER____#51
The first time I had washed a dead body I was 19 years old, holding one hand over my nose. My name is Ada, and in my family I am the one who washes the dead. It has not been a…
The Road I choose.
"Are you seriously leaving again?" I stopped at the doorway and looked back at my mother, she was sitting on the only old sofa in the house and she was taring at me like i had…
When Staying Becomes The Real Win.
There was this guy in our area called Tobi, and if there was one thing everybody knew about him, it was that he never stayed anywhere for long.... One week he would want to…
THE RUNNER
Kane came to a stop, seeing a glimpse of the small village far ahead he could not help but wonder, it had been so long since he had a place to rest. He had walked miles, seen…
THE ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS__UNTIL IT DOES.___WEEK 50
For 28 years, Ada was a rolling stone. That is what her mother used to call her. "Ada, you are a rolling stone. You gather no moss." She liked it. It made her sound free. And…
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