It was a faceless time when we moved into the new compound that March, Ray and I, carrying our luggage in two great Ghana-must-go bags, and a carryall. In another…

I knocked on the door too softly, almost reluctantly. My mind was miles away. “Who’s that who knocks like they are on their death bed? When last did you eat…

They were supposed to be picking fruit, but they couldn’t resist getting frisky. Kemunto had been a school teacher, the buttoned-up type, but the end of the world had taught…

No matter how rich you are, you must strip naked to be embalmed – Iya Teslim We will never know if my mother acquired this saying from mothers gone before,…

When Nkiruka’s husband asked me to be the woman he would take solace in away from his wife, the woman that would warm his bed day and night when his…

One kilogram of tomatoes. Not too ripe. Not too red. Plump but not too soft, so they keep for longer. I grab the bag and put it in the empty…

He could hear the whizzing sound from the wings filtering soothingly into his ears as the plane flew at an altitude of over 30,000 feet above the earth level.  He…

To Sembène Ousmane Translated by Luisa Venturini and revised by Lara Pawson It’s true, yes sir, I had already promised that I was never going to speak any more balderdash,…

8 MARCH, 2021 ASO ROCK PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA   Who can be powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man and plunder his goods, except he first binds…