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Bleeding Heart
“Nawa oh, why you come day do like woman?” — Semilore Kilaso. the place you address to as home detest seeing the saltwater washed ashore the lids of your…
Lost Things
Ever since Glory and Gloria matured into children old enough to envision the appearance of evil, their mother told them how evil Mr Okoro was. She described his evil with…
Sir, Give Me Just a Fiver
Translated into English by Lara Pawson Sir, give me just a fiver, just a fiver, really, to buy some bread, I’m hungry, I still haven’t eaten anything since the day…
Rhoda Beside the Road
“Oh these? They are hundred naira each,” she said, watching the customer’s expression, the slight furrowing of his forehead as he debated which fruit to buy. Finally, he said, “First,…
The Age of Friction
I This is what should happen, or rather, what they say happens, when your life starts to wane. It begins with the hairs on the head, because that is the…
Of Robots and War
For My Parents and ALL My Grandparents. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. The Book of Job 1:21 I can’t be sure of the actual date my…