The distance in our hearts kept growing bigger and bigger, it was as if I did not know him anymore. I thought I could bridge the gap between with consistent calls and texts but to no avail. For almost four hours or more, I kept tossing on the bed, I... Read More
Blog Festival | A CITY CALLED MAD | By Evans Ufeli
Chikamnele Emela stood on Third Mainland Bridge when he saw a man in one of those stilt huts built above water excreting into the sea. He watched him pull his boxers down to his knees and bow swiftly, scratching his thighs while faeces trooped out from... Read More
Blog Festival | Africa’s Underdevelopment: Who Is Responsible? | by Wale Giwa
According to the externalists, Europe should be blamed for the economic backwardness of Africa. However, this paper shall lean towards the internalist paradigm which asserts that the economic, political and technological stagnation of Africa, can only... Read More
Blog Festival | Its Just Christmas…Calm Down | by Chantel Netimah
It’s that time of the year again where whether you’re single or in a relationship, it can bring about an incredible amount of anxiety. You’re anxious about the gifts you’ll need to buy and how you can impress the people in your village or how... Read More
Blog Festival | The Heart | by Chukwudi Ukachi
The heart is like a room: with a door to enter or exit. Some people stand in the door way for too long procrastinating; “Do I go in or do I stay out”? We can only accommodate the presence for a while, before we make a decision. Do you want to come... Read More
Blog Festival | On Breaking Free | by Elizabeth Kolayemi
My heart has been broken by little things like losing my earpiece, not being able to eat my favorite chocolate and by poor internet connection. It has also been broken by the bitter betrayal of a friend and the loss of my favorite teacher. All in all,... Read More
Blog Festival | Evil of Poverty | by Martha Kings
Naked ceiling and rumbling intestines, Shamefully homeless and kissed by hunger; Forced to be one of poverty’s concubines, Like being cursed with slaps from a thunder. Empty hearts with hopeful thoughts, Weirdly happy and dying... Read More
Blog Festival | A K Í N Y Ẹ L É | Adésànyà Adéṣẹwà
Akínyẹlé. Akínyẹlé o.. Akínyẹlé Ọmọ Jìnádù… Just as I heard at the market place. When you shout the name of your lover thrice with all passion, he would marry you. Akínyẹlé, the young village lawyer, is my... Read More
Blog Festival | 5 Unexpected Places in Lagos Men Search for Love | Chika
I have decided to be a snitch! So I was having a conversation with a couple of friends about why it is so difficult to find single datable men in Lagos, then a friend ( male) chips in and says “well you girls are always searching in the wrong... Read More