On those patchy laterites My fathers children used to stoop and squat White chalk painted eyes Like crescent moon emitting smiling light Sprinkled blood statues of sacrificial fowls Left about the places of scattered feathers Read More
May 192013
culture
Jan 132013
Izunna turned his body in Adaugo’s direction, raised his right arm and pointed his extended forefinger at her. “My elders, this woman is as stubborn as a mule. She blatantly refused to accede to our Read More
Jan 012013
The alarm startled Adaugo awake. She didn’t want to wake up just yet so she burrowed deeper into the duvet and let it ring. When it kept ringing, she groggily opened her eyes. “I don’t Read More
Nov 172012
Book Title: Season One Author: Emma Idinma Ogenyi Foreword by: Aloke Inyere Jnr. Publisher: Chiysonovelty International Year of Publication: 2012 Pages: 74 “When one arrives in the land of the spirit, it is not necessary Read More
Jul 022012
The men searched in and out of Umuezike. They sang mournfully in esoteric, “A chowa mma ekwu, a na-achocha na ngiga.” If there were footprints of a wild cat, the hunters could have perceived Read More
Jun 292012
He drew out the straw and heavy headed termites clung furiously on its end. He scrapped them contentedly into a broken earthenware bowl; brought out another from the anthill and harvested. The spittle was drying Read More
May 152012
By the time a young man has become wise to the world, usually when he is already bearing many battle scars, he knows that lies abound in the world. There are lies we tell ourselves, Read More
Apr 212012
‘Let us look at marriage with new eyes in Nigeria’
Jan 272012
Anytime I watch romantic Nollywood movies, I am always irritated; the couples act western for reasons I don’t understand. In such movies, when the lover boy – usually played by Ramsey Noah or Desmond Elliot Read More
Nov 252011
As the first novel written in standard Nigerian English, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe explores in totality literary nativism in African literature. Nativism as a philosophy assumes that the mind needs no sources external Read More
Nov 052011
A Fresh Look at the Nigerian laws And Cultures. Many true life child abandonment scenarios: A new born baby is found abandoned in the bush. A new born baby is found dead in an old Read More
Jul 102011
Ray wore an undisguised look of consternation as the door closed behind his father. “What are we suppose to do now?” he asked. The twins stared at him without uttering a word. As Nkechi sighed, Read More
Jun 192011
Heritage is something that is handed down from generation to generation, it could also be a status acquired by a person through birth such as a birthright or inheritance. Heritage is not something you choose, Read More
Jan 062011
Lagos is the land of bustle
Melting-crackpot of a metropolis
Our weather, business and temper mostly is hot
And our spirit always just manages to bubble
Dec 192010
”What did you say your name is again?” I asked, trying to steady my footing. The innocence and beauty of the girl standing before me is underscribable and I will not even attempt to. “Hauwa Read More