They said it takes a woman To give birth to a child Then it takes the whole village To raise the child, Then what happens? When the village goes to sleep What happens to such a child? A failed teacher forgotten his responsibility …Hmmm taking by the wind As a guide, tutor, instructor … Continue reading A Failed Teacher
Chinese people pray to live in interesting times; these days, I pray for the opposite – boring times, especially after I had a curious experience, four months after I had started my teaching practice at a public school located in one of the more remote villages in the State I lived in. It started with … Continue reading Living in interesting times
ACT 1 The scene is under an orange tree. Yomi, a village teacher walks in from the left side. He meets Bimbo, a school student, who also comes in from the right side of the stage. Both are unaware of Segun, a popular troublemaker, running mad as a result of addiction to marijuana, who is … Continue reading UNDER AN ORANGE TREE (A Drama)
Emeka, Goodluck, and Femi were the biggest boys in the class, and also held the record of scoring big in failure in examinations. While other students engaged in various forms of preparation for the upcoming promotion examination, the trio went about chewing biscuits and looking for troubles they didn’t keep. They have never been scared … Continue reading The Three Mischievous Friends
She was at the edge of the lake, naked. Spurred on by my approach, she beckoned me with a finger, a drenched siren luring a hapless sailor to his destruction. Reaching her, I grabbed her by the hair. “You asked for trouble and now you are going to get it.” Her response was simple. “Give … Continue reading Sin 19
I sat there at a corner of the teacher’s podium, slightly irritated at the charade going on before me. I and the other teachers were parading with our widest smiles, kissing up to the proudly delusional parents and their snotty Wards at today’s School Open day. I had already catered to about a dozen of … Continue reading Treading water