something similar to campaign promises — “Better soup na money kill am.” “Na when person get money we go know whether them stingy.” “Nobody ugly, na just money way dem no get.” I heard all these variations of money changes a person not because I was broke, but because I was constantly saying everything I’d do…

A brief account of should have beens. I. “Who was your first love?” I looked around the room, and at the curious faces that were awaiting my response. They wore the same look of expectation they did whenever someone was asked about their first love. Curious and ready to compare…

God is Good When Mark had told Erica he loved her, he didn’t know if he meant to say it. She wasn’t mad about God that Erica, but her favourite phrases had God in them. when the words had left his mouth, Erica had looked at him as if she…

Every time an Igwe died, the gods made it a point of duty to demand not less than ten virgin girls to escort the late royalty into the afterlife. And each time they died, which seemed to be a yearly occurrence, the Eze Muo came running with a red wrapper…

Tomorrow, I’ll run for president. They’ll have us in a room, all the candidates, and I’ll be the only woman sitting there with a bored expression. I’ll refuse to say hello to my fellow candidates, and the media will conclude that I’m a rude person. I’ll run my speech in…

The living room was silent and it wasn’t for the reasons it usually was by 5 am. For the living room to be empty by that time, it had to be because the Holy Spirit was moving and my father had decided to let him move finish before he would…

Books are gateways to different places, moments in time, lifetimes, records of events and more especially, into someone else’s mind. I’ve read a lot of books and with each of them, it’s a new perspective, a learning process, entertainment, a companion and above all, a guide and a collection of…

Every day I woke up feeling grateful that I wasn’t a pig, and I’m not saying this because they had a habit of bouncing in and out of the dirt like it was nobody’s business. I’m saying this because they were hated by everyone and they were bred primarily for…

Adanna stared at the red shoes her father had handed her before rubbing the back of his neck. It was in a black box and while she opened it, he played with his hands. Her mother sat beside him rubbing his back. …