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Instant Coffee

March 4, 2024

You grow up in this interior village in Kakamega, and the only time you hear the word coffee is when you’re playing the rope game of tea and coffee. Two girls swing the rope on each side, singing in Swahili: between tea and coffee which one do you choose?And you say tea every time as …

Bouquet

February 14, 2023

After the ambush you still hear whispers of his songs

The Trials Of A Witch

July 18, 2023

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

But NYSC Is Just A Year

July 18, 2023

Had I become a roaming syringe deployed by the federal government to inject pregnancies?

The Utility of Speculative Fiction

February 5, 2023

All writing is speculative. No matter how grounded in history or current reality; even nonfiction requires a reimagining, a speculation on what we think we know. I sit comfortably with ‘speculative fiction’ as a way of seeing rather than a genre because it is impossible for me to divorce it from everyday life. Consider Harry …

No Peace In A Lagos Bus

July 10, 2024

Ọbaníbàshírí is a special, limited-edition remedy for bad-luck, and it will only set you back ₦200. All you need is a bottle of Mirinda or Fanta at any temperature.

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