The Death of Sandra | Basit Soliu
She kept fighting and struggling until there was no more strength left in her.
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Dear Abigail | Minkail Olaitan
Hold on mama, before you lampoon me with one of your proverbs. Remember how you normally boast of the coral beads, well adorned Taffeta and Aso-Oke, you even said they could embellish a common girl into a queen. I wouldn’t like to suggest the extinction of coral beads and your favorite combination, but it seem the fashion among ladies now is jewelry
This City Breeds Woke gods | Minkail Olaitan
cessions. Outside is the stench of Oshodi; inside, however, is an almost perfect confluence of several scents—and a man whom I sat next to who smelled like camphor.
One Month After, Nkwogwu Still Mourns
While the police are still searching for the gang and the mole in their midst, the town still craves the peace it once knew.
A Chronicle of a Girl in Khaki | Minkail Olaitan
You can’t imagine being summoned when you’re already about to sleep. As you block out the noise in your room and prepare to sink into sleep’s soothing embrace, a female soldier’s voice pierces the air like an arrow: “Lights out!” Everyone scrambles to their beds. In that moment, you realize serving your father’s land will challenge you.
Baba Legba’s First Letter to Edmonton After A Long Hiatus | Minkail Olaitan
She muttered, “You’re lucky the world doesn’t have to learn about us through the kaboom of an atomic bomb that wrecks a whole civilization into ruins—you are lucky you can find a smile easily.”
This Country is a Razor Close to the Jugular | Minkail Olaitan
And those who aren’t lily-livered had exhausted their voices in an attempt to liberate themselves.
Ashes Of Eko: The Man Who Smoked Himself to Death | Adewole Daniel Bamidele
Episode 01 Have you ever walked the streets of Bariga and seen them—the men who once were boys, the shadows who once had names? Have you ever stopped to ask: What dream did they chase? And at what point did it outrun them? You knew him once. Or maybe you only saw him in passing—a…
The Gift of Chess: Tunde Onakoya and a Mandate Beyond the Chess Game
While the world system tucks the geniuses in the slums around the world, when imbalance social stratification amputates the potentials of many and racism denies many of their right to be humans, and resource distribution strangles numerous hopes and aspirations, we come—we embrace the sacred mandate and embark on the cause to snatch the slum…
Adedamola: Beyond Album, A Return of Maestro Loverboy Identity, and Sensation in Nigerian Music
Just when fans were starting to wonder if the loverboy Fireboy was gone for good, he shocked them with the release of his latest album, Adedamola. n the complex, yet fascinating world of Afrobeats, where rhythms are as diverse as the people who create them, Fireboy DML stands as a singular force—a maestro of melody,…