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LAGOS AND THE LYRICS

Lagos and the Lyrics tells the story of a boy, his poetry, and the life in Lagos. The atmosphere remained beautiful through out my walk from the east to west end. I walked alone in my lonely thoughts and occassional observance of the flow of the city… [...]

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Beautiful feet

Beautiful feet

Ever been to Lagos, Nigeria? What was the first thing you noticed? Did you notice how fast everything moves, on four wheels, on four legs and most interestingly on two legs? Everybody walking fast with heads high, shoulders tall and neck straight, [...]

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Owambe and the city

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 [...]

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YOU NEVER KNOW (3)

Suddenly a black goat darted into the road. Whether it was too bamboozled by what seemed to it an approaching behemoth or that it was playing out a black script given it by some malevolent spirit, no one would ever know. It just stood [...]

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YOU NEVER KNOW (2)

Soon, the driver jumped onto his partitioned seat. I noticed he was not the pot-bellied man. He was a tall muscular giant with very large arms. He turned the ignition on. The engines gave a loud roar like that of a wounded lion. He [...]

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YOU NEVER KNOW

Onitsha town flew past. It was noisy with the yawns of multi-directional motions. From where I was crammed at the back of a heady minibus, I continued to watch as its spinning form sped by along the expressway. After a while, it slowed down [...]

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Over my dead body

One Bedroom Apartment opposite VGC. N150,000.00 only.

The advert caught my attention.

I had just changed jobs and was now working in Victoria Island.

I still lived in Sango Ota, Ogun state, Nigeria.

In the first days of my resumption, I spent [...]

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LAGOS WAHALA

Moji opened the main door and stepped out. She was immediately greeted by the harsh sun. It was stark raving hot outside. She stepped back inside. She had to apply sunscreen. If her brother was at home and she had told him she wanted [...]

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Not Just Another Day

The blaring horn of a truck jars me from my dozing. I look around to gather my bearings. I am sitting in a danfo bus on my way home. The bus is inching along slowly in Friday night traffic on the Third Mainland Bridge.

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Awa T'eko: A Las Gidi Tale - 2

We rushed to join her by the time she was reaching the gate.
”Look as mean as possible and seem bored while I’m talking. Do not interrupt me nor leap into the argument and make a show of being disappointed if it does [...]

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Awa T'eko: A Las Gidi Tale - 1

CHAPTER ONE

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In which I started my Lagos lessons, made a friend, met a damsel, and faced the wrath of a gorilla.

Lagos, the destination of a thousand souls, the target of a million dreams, the goal of a zillion heartbeats. Lagos, the [...]

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