That term in JSS2 rolled on by in the company of the September rains that crashed against the slightly hilly terrain of my school, and the winds that soughed through the leaved branches of the Read More
May 172013
Eze goes to school
Apr 302013
The Friday breakfast of beans is about the only meal in our school that we almost never eat with orderly dignity. It is also that meal that SS3s, female students and the cool SS2s never Read More
Feb 182013
FOREWORD: This is a continuation of the last Eze Goes To School episode. I apologize for the long delay. I want to assure all those friends and acquaintances of mine who have been speculating that Read More
Jan 192013
I told you some time ago that the JSS1 Johnny-Just-Come scales fell off my eyes at the blow of a prefect, right? Well, not all of them came off that day. But I assure you, Read More
Dec 292012
The morning after the visiting day It was something that woke me up this morning. I would like to say it was the melodious chirping of a songbird, one of the many that appeared to Read More
Dec 252012
As a result of all the suffer-head (slang for suffering, hardship) that’s part and parcel of our way of living in school, there is one day – apart from the start of mid-term breaks and Read More
Dec 122012
I never got to introduce myself properly the last time. My name is Eze, and I’m a student of a federal government college in Eastern Nigeria. My best friends are Joseph and Ibuka. Joseph and Read More
Dec 082012
Gba-gam! Gba-gam! Gba-gam! The clanging sound of the school bell ripped into my dream, yanking away the image of Anulika as she bent toward me, her lips pursed as she finally prepared to give me Read More