Glissade

"Nigerian men, fear them. They are wicked. Wicked! Especially Igbo men. They can be at home or at a friend's place drinking beer and talking nonsense, while their wives are out in the sun, farming. And when the women returned home tired, they would expect her to go to the kitchen in that state, while …

She knew it was me who took our stepmom’s bottle of kayan mata and poisoned it.

I was aware of the ostracism and persecution that atheism invites in a hyper-religious country like Nigeria.

I may say I tried the best I could to stifle an instinct But the quiet invitation of your transparent gown…

I saw a man and his wife earlier in the day, talking

The sun burns brightest on the morning after a night-time rainstorm. That Thursday in June, when my partner and I awoke to find our Surulere apartment windows washed clean by rain, with the glass slats sparkling in the sunlight and the floor tiles as dry as an ark’s insides, we decided to celebrate our good …

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