Mushukurumu Mushukuramo (The Prophetic Night) Every last Friday of the month was always the most productive in the Local Government headquarter town of Ayegbaju, especially for the motorists and the commercial motorcyclists (Okada Riders). A [...]

Tonight a poet is born Even before dawn On this plateau it’s his turn His turn to blaze uncommon trail As a child he awaits The morning with zest to make it Tonight, having won [...]

BEAURRIFUL Milady, when thou ask of me About thy beauty I’ll tread a clean path Not his hackneyed Or of other poets Who doth compare thee to the half-blind moon The poor sun or some [...]

Ibadan, running splash of rust and gold — flung and scattered among the seven hills like broken china in the sun.  (J.P. Clark)   Ibadan, Clark’s description is not engraved on stone, unchangeable; for from [...]

HARUNA THOUGHT about the effect of his actions. “It’s a very crazy and stupid thing to have been involved in.” He tilted his head backward with powerful ease. In no time he discovered his mood [...]

Life is just but a bore No wonder babies cry I think they want to go Back to where they came Better if they had gone Before we cut the cord Linking miserable world   [...]

                            Many Dinner Dates After Tade was getting all dramatic about the dinner date turned engagement night. There were so many merry makers at the French-styled bistro, and they all appeared focussed on the unfolding [...]

Like a dream Too good to believe in… A tale too long to tell I preserve forever these memories your smiles…your eyes … And oh! The warmth of your embrace. Like a gift too precious [...]

*Instances of Nigerian English not enclosed in quotation marks are present in this story. This is deliberate.  ABU is the pet name of my beloved alma Mater, the famous Ahmadu Bello University of Zaria. This [...]

You crossed my mind it’s been- Eleven years, Eleven months and Eleven days. That I saw those sets of teeth. That flashes like a pan of steel. Right there, with a radiant face. The glance [...]

I arrived home rather late this evening Only a few itinerant folks are on the streets But just one voice, one language is spoken It is the conversation of the generators   Dim lights escapes [...]

These stories are true life experiences i’ve had while in Public Transport on our beloved Nigerian Roads. Although its based on true occurrences, poetic license is used where necessary. Its late Saturday morning and I decided [...]

As a boy I’ve always behaved Even though my brother tells me I am a girl And should at all times act as one I’ve always believed (a misconception maybe) That what a man can [...]

My attempt at poetry, please…enjoy.   My heart was stolen in broad daylight by a masked stranger He came hailing with words of praise and adoration Empty flattery that had me thinking twice in admiration [...]

CNN Inside Africa recently featured Chiedu Ifeozo, a young Nigerian poet, and one of the judges of the Vote Chronicles. Read the transcript below. Redefining African Poetry This week on Inside Africa, we take a look at [...]

LET THERE BE LIGHT   It was our Genesis The beginning of a continuation Of our potentials’ quick Exodus   Then every ruler shouted promises From electricity (ropes) to hope: ‘Let there be light!’   [...]

Since we launched in April last year, we have been impressed by the continuous interest members have shown in the site by engaging in different kinds of activities. For example, we currently have over 3000 [...]

               Some things were meant to be; some aren’t Tade rued the slow pace of traffic on the Island. He had planned to stop briefly at the nearest First Bank office; Mama needed money and [...]

1. What type of publishing is your company? Traditional or Author investment? Emotion Press works with different imprints. Omojojolo books is dedicated towards publishing quality books with the Author’s investment. Our self publishing mode is [...]

The heavy September rain had slacked off into timid drizzle that morning. Now and again flashes of lightning pierced the darkness of the heavens, and thunder came in spasms like the occasional coughing fits that [...]

The New Payment System refers. For the initial payout, we have added the following points - taken from their cumulative postviews - to the existing total of these writers. This will be automatically taken care of going [...]

So the other day, I was doing some research on the acclaimed Nigerian writer Chris Abani and I came across these comic howlers on his Wikipedia page: “Christopher Abani (or Chris Abani) (born December 27, 1966) is a [...]

`NO!! I cannot remain here anymore’’, he says in rather loud voice and stomping his feet. “The shame is unbearable. My business has been struggling for almost two years now. Our savings are running out [...]

Of those times we were unknown To when we developed unsung We did it not for accolades or The podium Yet innocently we wanted That touch of ‘I did it’ We were despised, not recognized [...]

It is not that we are not mad But that the number of the madder Is increasingly out of order Wherefore we should be sad But who is sad of this malady As we who [...]

When will you live your life ? When will you be the man whose birth sent hungry hearts, waving the flag of freedom as if what was lost was found? A feverish joy caused a [...]

John Steinbeck would have to be opposed on this one. I am a firm follower of his analyses, but certainly not where Blackbird is concerned. When Steinbeck opined that only a big book fulfils its [...]

My eyes saw him, a mad man, with dirty dreadlocks, torn faded shirt, ragged blue jeans short, no shoes, he lit a matchstick, stared in amazement, he puffed hard, no smoke came, his eyes caught, [...]

Fire!” Sarah screamed For a while, I couldn’t grasp the meaning of what she had said. The reality of what was happening eluded me. I had become unconscious for too long to be able to [...]

Timi lay on his bed with a troubled mind; slowly he released his weight on the thin mattress as if it was sacred ground. A mixed feeling of anger, desire, hope, and sadness ran through [...]

  Minutes After Midnight…   My Dearest Chi, Nwa’m. Hmmmmm. My one and only yellow paw-paw, how are you? It is a few minutes after midnight. I was woken by the sighing and moaning from [...]

As the first novel written in standard Nigerian English, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe explores in totality literary nativism in African literature. Nativism as a philosophy assumes that the mind needs no sources external [...]