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A Party for Madam

  • January 31, 2021
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Work begins for me when Madam Florence Aso returns from Tuscany. The word Tuscany is very sweet in my mouth. I wake up some mornings to wiggle it in my…
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A Bride’s Price

  • January 31, 2021
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HIM The men who put numbers to the crates bite their beer-soaked lips and shake their drunk, little heads at Okorowanta’s charade. His peers, dressed in pure white, long-sleeved Senators…
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About Amaka

  • January 31, 2021
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The most fascinating thing about being a ghost is that I can steal one thing no thief can: a person’s mind. I can take a hold of it and sear…
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Awaiting Luck

  • January 31, 2021
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“It is finished,” I mumble to myself. It is finished reminds me of Jesus Christ who said the same on the cross before giving up his spirit into his Father’s…
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Bibife

  • January 31, 2021
  • The Shallow Tales Review
What did you hear about fat women? We eat too much? We’re too heavy? Our clothes don’t fit? We’re too slow and lazy to do anything? Well, you probably didn’t…
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A Hole in the Air

  • January 31, 2021
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I wish Sekuru would just die already. I’m not sorry for what the majority of you, in your self-aggrandisement, will no doubt consider my callousness. Maybe my personality can be…
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The Babylon Pit

  • January 31, 2021
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I have heard many rumours about the Babylon Pit, from the oldest colleague, even to the most recent ones who had the misfortune to pass through it. But barely a…
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In the Throes

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Juju is Orange

  • November 29, 2020
  • The Shallow Tales Review
Chukwuokike, sometimes, Fada doesn’t help us quickly. He asks us to believe a lot, and we don’t see much. Medical center doesn’t heal us quickly, either. Some things seem a…
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Les Choses Qui Arrivent Aux Autres or The Problems of Other People

  • November 29, 2020
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Afu was startled by the screams of his most trusted associate, the one who saved him from punishment at school every morning: his old alarm clock. His eyes opened, but…
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