The long holidays began in the first week of August. After spending just one day at home, I was already bored. As I stood at the window that afternoon wishing I could find something interesting [...]
Feb 212011
Salatu Sule
Feb 172011
‘I am going to marry another wife.’ I heard the words. I froze. I wondered how many wives have heard such words and frozen like I have, their breath suspended for a heartbeat? This is [...]
Feb 152011
DAY 1 It has been quite some time since I last visited the city where my son lives so I am taken by surprise when I see how crowded the roads are. ‘Are all these [...]
Feb 122011
A calm stillness had fallen on the school compound as students and teachers settled down to the business of learning and teaching. The long building that housed the principal’s office was just as quiet. In [...]
Feb 092011
The girl ran down the street, her breath rasping in her throat. Her chest was burning and her legs hurt but she did not stop. She wanted to see with her eyes what her classmate [...]
Feb 082011
GERROUT Car engines drone and doors slam as people arrive at the big house across the street. I am in the bedroom with Mama who is trying to dress me up. I am as twitchy [...]
Jan 212011
It is almost midnight, and the city is now very quiet. From the balcony where I am sitting, I can see the mild glow of the street lights reflecting off the tarred road. I hear [...]
Jan 102011
A little boy’s encounter with domestic violence against the back drop of sibling rivalry and the boisterous fun of childhood.