And so it came to be that there would be a wedding. It was a good match they said: he so dark, small, and wise; she tall, fair, beautiful, well muscled and firm….[10mins]
Your name is Chimsomejedebe Okoro but here in America, everybody knows you as Tata. They call you Tata because they cannot master the intricate phonemics of your Igbo name… [4mins]
There is a pot of water on the kitchen stove, the new one. Te’ele will use it to boil rice and realize when she tastes it that she forgot to add salt. She won’t mind, where is her appetite anyway? It’s 7pm and her husband is not home yet… [10mins]
It’s the first week of primary school and summer isn’t ready to say goodbye. Your skin is enjoying the delicious crispy feel of a brand new uniform – a striped white and green dress that is too long because your mum wants it to last at least two years… [2mins]
Has anyone checked on you since you told the elders that you could no longer bear the weight? I know it wasn’t an easy conversation… [2mins}
“I need you to come and explain something to me,” she whispered into the phone. Her breathing was slightly raspy, but her voice did not reveal any sense of urgency… [12mins]
This story took place in ‘99, near the end of the old millennium. I suppose the dawn of a new era paves the way for mysterious things. That year, I was a final year student of Banking Finance in the University of Cape Coast, Ghana… [6mins]
White flakes float from her head and rest on her collar. Every so often she pats her head like there is no brain to care for inside and more flakes fall down… [5mins]
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Ammar was devastated to find out that Superman would not feature at his seventh birthday. He stood there, furiously mute, with his red and blue school bag still on his back… [8mins]
