Glissade

the ocean waves whisper to my naked feet

She said he was quiet when her husband gave up his job at Dinah and followed another woman home.

Because he was different, the bus conductor let a lofty hope bud within him, a hope too high for his type: love.

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 …

Chika thinks Achebe’s thought process unique. Esomnofu believes Iduma is grossly underrated.

The township is a place of unity. People rescue and aid each other for they’ve subscribed to the adage that a hand washes the other. One hand cannot properly wash itself. Urgent meetings and funeral attendances are occasions where this unity is witnessed. The residents know one another and one another’s affairs, unlike in the …

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