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Schipol International Airport, Amsterdam . From above, the large sprawling expanse looked like a small city. A song by the popular rock band U2 came to mind as I looked out through the window; City of Blinding Lights. This seemed to fit the description [...] Read More The Journal 2 21 Nasiru had been quiet throughout the shooting, up until now, eerily calm inside even as he saw what had appeared before them all. He wasn’t one to give in to fear. He couldn’t explain it, his lack of fear. He had always been [...] Read More Checkpoint (6) 16 The gun-smoke hung in the air, stinging Reginald’s nostrils. He looked, saw Femi dusting himself off. Chike was the one who had been screaming; now he was whimpering. Femi tapped him, told him, “Shut up.” Chike managed to get himself under [...] Read More Checkpoint (5) 12 “C’mon help me up!” Reginald moved over, ignoring the painful chorus his body was singing and grabbed Femi’s hand, pulling him upright. He tried to ignore the screaming which, together with the snarling and growling seemed like a perverted form of thematic music. [...] Read More Checkpoint (4) 9 Stage four. Fear. Reginald’s breath began coming in short gasps. The air stank of sweat and blood and urine and shit. He heard people wailing, shouting questions as they came forward, heard people crashing backwards, trying to get away from, to [...] Read More Checkpoint (3) 5 When one sees the unbelievable, the unthinkable, one immediately goes through various stages. First is surprise-what’s that? Second is incredulity-is that what I think it is? Am I seeing this? Third, denial. The brain processes what the eyes have seen, delves into its [...] Read More Checkpoint (2) 1 One love, one heart, let’s get together and Feel alright… The bus’ speakers kept on churning out reggae hit after reggae hit. Some passengers dozed, a few read-newspapers, novels, anything. The rest stayed awake and just stared. Reginald was [...] Read More Checkpoint (1) |
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