Keseima added a touch of spice to the pot of goat meat pepper-soup. She tasted it and smiled to herself, her mother-in-law would love it. She brought it off the fire and put a Read More
May 172012
Touch of Spice
May 172012
Her richly Swarovski embroidered Abaya was flowing as she was walking towards the aircraft , a beautiful matching pink matching raw silk turban hiding her hair . Her eyes were hidden behind Chopard spectacles embellished Read More
May 172012
Ene’s heart skipped many beats, as she opened the small box containing the three letters she had received from Oche. Tears rolled down her face, as she read through the first letter… Ditto… Sweetheart, I Read More
May 172012
Tonye became our fourth house boy in four weeks courtesy of my rich cantankerous mother. I don’t know wether or not I should term mama a perfectionist because when she wanted to be cruel her Read More
May 172012
Throughout her time in New York, Ada never forgot the guy that had kissed her at the party. She could still remember his well sculptured face and his haunting eyes; piercing eyes that seemed to Read More
May 172012
Richard was munching the hotdog and sipping from the chilled juice drink Sophie brought him. “So tell me, now that you’re fully recuperated, where were you coming from the night you were attacked?” Sophie inquired Read More
May 172012
Tola reclined in his seat, hands clasped against each other as he let his eyes roam the entire length of his roomy office. He felt like a stranger behind this huge mahogany table that shone Read More
May 172012
I had always wondered what it would be like to have an affair, and even spent a lot of time fantasizing about it. I never planned on actually doing it, being a happily married man Read More
May 172012
Dearest Mikki, I still remember the day you came. The doorbell rang – two short rings and a longer one, I rushed down the stairs with a ready hug for daddy. I flung myself at Read More
May 172012
Strong, dusty, yellow winds broke into the famous cold and creaky cathedral of the Mambila Baptist Convention in a remote town called Nguroje where I was born. The windows blew in and creaked badly in Read More
May 172012
He was very handsome – like the screen gods that existed only on TV. Tall, dark, well dressed, well spoken and oozing of wealth… and I wondered why he liked me. There were a lot Read More
May 172012
Some say love is a thing of the heart, a divine, selfless decision one takes in relation to another. I am bound to agree, but truth be told, I never understood love. I am not Read More
May 172012
As she sat on the mat in her late mother’s room, her knees curled to her chest, the words of the man of God rang loudly in her head. She tried to push it out Read More
May 172012
Annabel chewed at her lower lip as she stared at what was left of her money, she gulped as her stomach growled in protests of hunger. It was getting dark and they hadn’t reached the Read More
May 172012
I hastened across the near busy road at Ajao Estate; being careful though of any on coming vehicle. My eye was on Tetrazinni. I had to walk a kilometre down. I struggled with fatigue. As Read More
May 172012
“Remove ya drouse na.” Ibrahim scowled as he returned from checking to see if the coast was clear. The sight of her micro-mini boxer shorts had annoyed and excited him at the same time. He Read More
May 172012
I stood by the door, my heart shockily beating normal at the sight of my fiance buck naked. “I suppose next you are going to tell me this is not what it look like?” Richard Read More
May 172012
He was at work; smiling stupidly to himself in front of his system after laughing loudly at something he had just read off Linda Ikeji’s blog when his phone rang. He pulled out his Nokia Read More
May 172012
I stared at my posting letter, satisfied to be posted to faraway Benue State, to a local government that is a farm settlement; Ukum. There I met Kwaseshough, a young dark-skinned girl. I often visit Read More
May 172012
THE SCENT OF WATER LULUFA VONGTAU For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the Read More