Peering at old tired bodies dressed in shabby flowing gowns, I felt this dream will disappear. I looked around to find a face or relate the event. The faces kept multiplying like fruit flies dancing [...]
Dec 232011
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Jun 192011
On Friday nights, beer parlour faithfuls have emphasised that we live in last Lagos- the final generation of dwellers before the combustion of the earth. “Either a typhoon or beach overflow wipes off the city [...]
Feb 042011
A Police man slapped Mohammed in Tunisia, so he pours fire for body,truly Tunisian. For naija people will kneel down tying her shoe lace. If she dey Yaba, you can take down to bend down [...]
Aug 292010
I thought I was a Lagosian. Today ,I realised I am still a native of Ogbomoso. I left my shirtmaker in Tinubu Square on my way home. I watched Muslims pray in unison with the [...]
Jun 102010
I heard of Him few years ago while He healed people at the Galilee. He was to learn carpentry but he started walking with multitude waxing miracles. On a fateful night that I toiled to [...]
May 312010
She sat still in the atmosphere of a cemetery. Lolade looked grim at the barren lines of her paper. Others with swollen pupil having held sleep hostage filled the gaps. She was at a loss [...]
May 282010
I try to hold you. All I have is the clasp of the wind. I long for the weave of our lips sucking out the breath of our lungs. Standing in the lonely space barren [...]
Mar 262010
My dear independent country is fifty. In its golden jubilee, this is the time to clink glasses and wear smiles for the photograph. I expected a large carnival with sequined kaftans and vivid display of [...]