AFRICAN STORIES

"At the point when the cassava-flour vender lost all her cassava-flour to the twist, out of sharpness she heaved curses at the wind. She never realized that the wind had utilized that cassava-flour to fill and fix the gap underneath the kayak her lone child is going over. In the event that she knew, she would have favored the twist for not giving...

The thing is that, sometimes we didn’t even know what pissed my dad off. It always looked as if we were walking on eggshells throughout our childhood. Sometimes we would see him coming home and we would immediately stop whatever it was we were doing. I mean whatever we were doing. If we were playing outside we would run inside. If we were playing...

THE SOCIOLOGIST’S THINKING: Did you hear of the secondary school students who sexually assaulted their female colleague in broad day light as reported by Sahara Reporters? Do you have a younger one, who intentionally destroys your things in the name of anger? Does he/she go around bullying or smoking and drinking in the neighborhood? Don’t just...

POEM BY ADETOUN RAJI KOLADE it causes so much pain. If you agree with no gain. Many think its just a game. Wanting nothing but wealth and fame. It stairs up so much disturbance. I strongly believe its due to ignorance. For obtaining wealth it is used as leverage. Its called child marriage. Hmm.....what a sad story. Filled with shame and no glory. It's...

Crush:? Prior to this articles means a feeling of infatuation with, or unrequited love of undying attraction towards a person or a specific thing. While both males and females at one time or the other find themselves caught in the Web of this mad attraction, girls generally have more pluralized reasons for developing crushes on a person. Males are...

They were the popular ones.  The ones with all the latest designer clothing and buzz, the ones you’d find in every notable party on campus and the ones Ella wanted to belong with so desperately. Ella was a first year student of the University of lagos, Nigeria. You would think she would be more focused on getting her grades right especially...

Hey baby! I have wanted to call you, but I don’t know of a better way to communicate this to you on phone. I’m pregnant as shown in the test result I got from the clinic this afternoon. I am scared and confused. Please get back to me as soon as possible.” Immediately after reading the last line of her text, I was frozen. My heart stopped for a moment...