The last thing she imagined for herself was a relationship with a scammer, even though the past year had been so rough and unpredictable that she disliked living her life. She felt like she was [...]
Aug 182011
Prism of an Immigrant
Feb 092011
You tell me to register and vote for you Yet you are the one who slammed the door to upward mobility in my face, pulled the economic ladder out of reach, and left me stagnant [...]
Jan 302011
There was nothing unusual about that Saturday. The birds sang harmoniously in the branches of the mango trees, the way they always did; junior girls with torn sandals and slippers gathered around the shoemaker who [...]
Jan 032011
All my life I’d guarded my heart selfishly
I built fortified walls around it to preserve it from hurt
I meticulously wrapped up my emotions and deliberately hid it in the secured fortress of my heart
I swarm through life indifferent
All my life I’d guarded my heart selfishly
I built fortified walls around it to preserve it from hurt
I meticulously wrapped up my emotions and deliberately hid it in the secured fortress of my heart
I swarm through life indifferent
Nov 092010
I’m such a lucky girl: First, I got a fly job on Wall Street, then I got into Columbia Business School, and now I’ll have my baby with me in New York when I get [...]
Oct 242010
“International or domestic?” The cab driver interrupted Deborah’s thoughts again, but this time she wasn’t nearly as irritated by his interruption because it was necessary. “Domestic. Stop at the Jetblue terminal.” She looked at her [...]
Oct 072010
The moderately overweight Indian cab driver with thick bushy black hair horned again. Tears trickled down her perfectly chiseled face as she hit the send button on her phone. She looked around the room to [...]
Oct 032010
I had narrowed my choices to three schools; each school had unique qualities that I liked. I enjoyed the city vibrancy at the University of Lagos. I fancied the idea of studying medicine at the [...]
Oct 012010
The military coup had succeeded and the scales of justice were tilted in favor of the rich and connected. All the billions of dollars from the oil produced in the ruins of my backyard were [...]