Uju walked to the man snoring near the door, and tapped his shoulder. Uju: “Okereke!” she shouted into his ears. Okereke opened his eyes stared at Uju. He wiped the stain of saliva on his […]
The war had ended. The victors and the vanquished sought through the debris left by mortars, mines and bombs, for the remnants of their previous lives. Some had found scrapes of their humanity in the […]
Fatimah and her mother and some of her paternal uncles pleaded with her father and after days of pleading, he allowed her stay even though he promised that he would not contribute anything to training […]
Fatimah stayed in her parents’ house with the hope that her husband would call all to no avail. She tried to call him but he refused her call and sent her a text never to […]
Mustapha tried to rub his face so that he could wake up from the supposed nightmare but nothing happened. Mustapha: “am I dreaming? What is going on here? Why is my father asking me to […]
“Congratulations, Alhaji. Your wife is 8 weeks pregnant” the doctor gave Alhaji the best news that he had heard in a lifetime. Alhaji Abdul: “are you serious, doctor?” He asked just to be sure. Doctor: […]
Fatimah listened with peaked interest to her friend narrating how she would go about getting a man to get her pregnant, without her husband ever finding out. Fatimah: “have you finished talking? Well, I can […]
As the weeks rolled into months and months into years, Fatimah began to give in to despair even though alhaji had told her not to bother herself that children would come at the right time. […]
Mama Fatimah screamed and jumped up with fright. “oh, it was a dream” Allah be praised, she said getting up from the bed. She grabbed her plastic kettle, went for ablution and then prayed, asking […]
Alhaji was just about stepping out of the house when he saw Mustapha drive in. he stood at the door way as the boy drove in and pulled over at his usual parking space. Mustapha […]