Name of character: ADAH The Book Title: Second Class Citizen Author’s name: Buchi Emecheta Adah, the main character of the book grew up in an environment where women were not allowed to go to school, [...]
Sep 112011
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Aug 302011
Jenny looked around the apartment for the last time and gave the Agent a silent nod. No visible rats or cockroaches in sight yet, at least for the past fifteen minutes she’s been touring the [...]
Jul 052011
NOT RIPE ENOUGH Mama paused awhile from the arduous task of crushing pepper on the grinding stone to study her twelve year old daughter who was bent over a banga bunch with so much concentration [...]
Jun 172011
Dad told me mum had died quietly in her sleep. But I didn’t believe him. I told him so. He charged at me expecting me to cringe like I had always done before I left [...]
Jun 122011
Oghale wasn’t exactly sure why, but her adrenaline picked up in a way it hadn’t done in so many years as she saw the General walk purposefully towards her from across the room. “You look [...]
May 222011
Growing up far away from my hometown did not deprive me of knowing some of the customs of my people, especially the appalling ones. My parents were very busy people, off to work before I [...]