I AM Igbo

I’m not western, I am culture
I am not a fraudster, I’m enyi gi (your friend)
I am not bureau-de change; I facilitate money supply (Omee-ego)
I am not violent
I am not stereotyped
I am not a […]

Some call it the civil war
While others choose to call it the biafran war
For two and the half years it lasted.
That war that was synonymous to starvation.

For if we eastern brethens have separated
Where […]

My heart beat slowly
But I waited.
Alas the outcome came
The heart missed multiple beats.

Tears unable to flow this time
Words can’t describe.
Persevering mind shattered
Months of sleepless night in […]

Welcome to UNEC; the second daughter of the mothering Nsukka campus, birthed in 1961 in a serene corner of the very heart of Enugu city; a professional training hub for bright intellectual minds on an unwaivering […]

Amaka was the prettiest girl in my class while in primary two.
She was loved by everyone including teachers and students alike. Everyone wanted to be her friend and I wasn’t an exception. I used to pray for the […]

The lock is broken
The cage is opened
Bird set free
By her captivator
“Stay in ur lane, unworthy creature”
She stares in awe
As she peach to another tree
Unknown to her
She has become a laughing stock
She […]

“Isaiah 4:1- In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own food and provide our own clothes; only let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
If a woman mistakenly […]

I heard the sound
Coming from afar
I looked over the hills
I couldn’t tell the sound

Mountains melted
Waters scattered the land
The sun cried
Cos she was asked to leave

Then I could feel my feet
Moved […]

A place? An ideal? A struggle? A people? A hope? A war?
Yes, but it’s bigger.
My father said it took him years to stop ducking when he heard the sound of airplanes. As a child whenever a plane flew past, it was […]

They called us “dot” on the map and nobody is quite sure where. Inside that “dot” were 700 lawyers, 500 physicians, 300 engineers,
8 million poets, 2 novelists of the first rank, and God only knows what else — […]