Africa
Oh Africa My beloved continent Land of my Forefathers And home of my ancestors Oh Africa! Land of the opposing parallels Flowing with milk and honey But sullied by blood and violence Rich in human and material resources But destroyed by war and violence Oh Africa! The creator enriched you with abundant natural endowments Such […]
Whys?
Why? Why can’t we live without stepping on each other’s toes? Why can’t we live without taking advantage of one another? Why can’t we walk to our neighbor’s door step and knock on it anytime without being rejected and be welcomed always? Why can’t we live without envy? Why can’t we live without prejudice and […]
Steam Me A Heart: Chapter 1
Her room had the smell of lemon. Lillian dropped her purse on the small dresser beside her bed and stretched her neck with her hands. She kicked off her shoes and started to undress as she made a mental note of instructions she had given to her cleaner. Lemon was not one of the fragrances […]
UNBIDDEN (Inspired by The Nyanya Motor Park Bombing)
Tragedy Unbidden We greeted you with no kola at the door And stammered at your steely insistence As you laughed, loud reports of thunder and fire You engulfed us in blackish vapours of corruption Ours, a million sorrows forever She woke from a dream about an old traditional dance of her childhood. It had […]
Family of Strangers
Each time any of us had to travel, myself or any of my siblings, the first and the last thing my father will say would be to remind us we were strangers going to a strange land. Strangers are everywhere even in familiar territories he believed. Going to a strange land implies increased chance of […]
Tell God We Are His Children, Too!
We are created in God’s image, right? Does that mean God too forgets things? Like we forget birthdays and showing gratitude? Did He forget that we, Africa’s people, are His children too? Or maybe we are God’s bastard children, Belials and Jabezs, Formed in His moment of angst Our soul made with mud and […]
The Last Curse (Chapter 8)
The entrance of the church led into a rectangular structured area with an upper deck from which the worshippers could look down on the upraised stage that dominated the opposite end of the entrance. The church was teeming with people that had sought it out for sanctuary. Most of the plastic white chairs were occupied […]
Flight MH 370
They all made the call to say, I’m coming home I’m coming home to the land of the rising sun Prepare there a table for me, that we may share again The love of family and friends Some others made the call to say, I’m coming over I’m coming over to the land of the […]
The Travails Of Eve’s Daughters. Part 1
“I wish people don’t have to get married and be trapped in a lousy situation where both parties can barely stand each other.” Liz Brown stretched her legs as she flipped through the fashion magazine spread over her lap. It was a cloudless Saturday afternoon and the heat was particularly intense, but the two women […]
Life Untaught: Non-Fiction
Religion Untaught; Part 1 Wikipedia says religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems and world views that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and sometimes moral values. Some religion are a collection of myths while some are just pagan in nature. Religion is said to be a collection of beliefs concerning the […]
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Who Am I Without You: Part 5
I have not heard from Bolu for weeks now. I am sure it’s that his wife that’s keeping him away but why do I keep making excuses for him? If he wanted to call he would have done so regardless of what his wife has to say! Every night I went to bed wishing that […]
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
I last saw my father when he was at Deaths’ Door his pomp and pageantry and pride all gone, his body racked by incurable disease, full of remorse, dying. As his life was ebbing away, his condemned soul was pleading with death to give him a chance, another chance, to turn back time, right […]
The dark is bliss
What is the meaning of life enmeshed deep in flagrant waters. Gulping out bubbles to the air. And after sun dry, smells like the slums of Ebuta-Metta. What’s life itself, tossed and whipped. Matched and kicked. Later, seen on the lagoon of a Lagos bridge, floating like an empty bottle. Where’s is the insanity of […]
Treasure And The Lucky Digger (part 12 – FINAL PART)
“Wey the thief? Wey the thief? Wey the thief?” I shouted to life with sweat streaming down my forehead . Then I was utterly confused seeing Collins and Dayo jumping around the room with turning sticks and another wooden object. “Abeg, where the thief dey now?” I finally yelled at them. “Na the two rats […]
Longlist For The NS Publishing Writing Contest
NS Publishing is delighted to announce a longlist of 20 out of the total of 37 titles received in the call for manuscripts. They are as followa : Navy Boy Memoirs by Okwuje Israel Chukwuemeka Matchsticks by Daniel Okoli There Is an Empty Space Here by Nmadiuto Uche Mind over Matter by Oluwatobi Ogundiran Mistakes […]