When Fairy Tales Meet Lagos Reality
“Hello” “Hi Brenda, Long time!” “I’m coming to Lagos next week… I’ll finally get to know your house!”, Brenda burst out excitedly. “Next week? Really?… What for?”, I stammered, a mixture of confusing and surprise. “It doesn’t matter jor, at least I’ll get to see the latest Iyawo in Lagos”, she laughed in her usual […]
Boarding School Fever
Dunni walked into the office looking forlorn. I couldn’t help but notice that she was not her usual bright and cheerful self this morning. She would normally bounce into the office with a loud “whasuuuuup!” such a delight and breathe of fresh air after all the drama of Lagos traffic, third mainland bridge and the […]
The New Born Mistake I
‘Praise the Lord!’ ‘Its a girl o!’ ‘Chei! Thank God for safe delivery!’ ‘Ah! She don born!’ These and many more exclamations could be heard from a distance. It was typical of people in our neighbourhood to celebrate at the top of their voices thereby using the opportunity to inform those who had not yet […]
Time Will Tell
It had been a long hard journey for Grace. Contrary to her name, she didn’t seem to have enjoyed any grace at all. Life had been plain hard. She could hardly remember a time in her life when she had not struggled. Struggled to complete her university education while battling with health challenges, struggled to […]