Glissade

Portraiture of Belief Eating at the Flesh of a Man’s Reasoning

March 4, 2024

  My brother, held tight to his  belief like a limpet holding onto algae,  chewing it off a hard rock. So when  he joined Boko Haram, we only saw it  on the leaf he left us that read: I have  left to strive in the path of my Lord. Ya  Ilahi, I agree, belief eats at a …

Recollections

October 18, 2025

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

Music Is The Balm That Soothes The Soul

March 4, 2024

Heartbreak is painful, sure, I believe. But have you ever plugged your phone at night with the conviction it’d be completely charged by dawn, and when morning greets you like a curtsying teenager, you find out it’s exactly at the point you left it the previous night, unmoved and unshaken like mount Kilimanjaro?And what’s worse …

For the Spoken Word Poet, An Album?

October 18, 2025

Despite Nigeria’s rich oral traditions, I daresay that the culture of producing albums in the spoken word genre remains underdeveloped.

Bouquet

February 14, 2023

After the ambush you still hear whispers of his songs

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