There’s little that can be said about Chinua Achebe that has not been said. Little to know about him that even the most ignorant of us has not caught in the last one month and so days. From the greatest of orators and the very best of writers to unheard names, common people and … Continue reading »
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SERENDIPITY – Creative Writing, Yasmin and I (An Essay) by Hadiza Isma El-Rufai
My daughter, Yasmin died of an epileptic seizure in her flat in London in November 2011. People might wonder why in my quest to keep her memory alive I would involve myself in the promotion of creative writing. I choose to do that for a number of reasons: • Yasmin was an avid reader and … Continue reading »
COME OUT (an extempore poem) by Su’eddie Vershima Agema
Flow, the Muse calls… I know not what to write. The words flow but nothing comes out right the journey from the heart to the hand stops the communication from the hand to the heart flops… Come out, words, come out! I bring to the screen the flow of my heart hoping it to juxtapose … Continue reading »
Twenty Years Later (A Poem or something like that) by Su’eddie Vershima Agema
(for my sister, Sefa Renay Charles-Ayede…) She said we are twins differed by a few years… yes, she the little rascal clipping off her hair at intervals. I could tell her tale over and over but what more do I say? I think of her today again remembering those years – twenty – when I … Continue reading »
VOTE EUGENIA ABU FOR VLISCO WOMAN OF THE MONTH 2013
Hey, there’s a vote going on with amazing women to cast for as Vlisco Woman of the month – the vote link is here I am concerned particularly with the Nigerian category – naturally … Most of you would take Chimamanda [I know, right ] or Joke Silva or Abike Dabiri or Amina Az-Azubair – … Continue reading »
HERO (A Poem) – Su’eddie Vershima Agema
Is it right that we who are so small accept to fall when we ought to stand tall? My heart – Lull… The caresses of complacency stroke me gently its own currency stimulating me to deceptive docility I am given stale bread for my stupid silence you are fully dressed in holes and red answering … Continue reading »
Kenechi Uzochukwu apologises: “My article was insensitive and has hurt many”
by Kenechi Uzochukwu I wish to apologise to those hurt by my recent articles on rape published on Ynaija website. Even though the articles were against rape I admit that it was insensitive and has hurt many. I am stating categorically that rape is a despicable crime that I am against and will always be … Continue reading »
IT WASN’T YOU, IT WAS ME (An Extempore Poem) by Su’eddie Vershima Agema
( for yesterday…) It wasn’t you It was me. It wasn’t that you were late. It’s just you made convenience expire. I would have stayed forever to wait You know, simply to catch the beauty of you even for those moments – a few but time came to call and I didn’t know if … Continue reading »
THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF AN UNANSWERED PRAYER (A Poem) by Hyginus Ekwuazi
[for George Egbuchulam] The oxygen mask the tubes the tapes the poles and all those sachets of healing fluids dangling and dripping from them and the pain and the pain— your hand, gripping mine, trying to communicate the searing pain coursing through your body— did your hand gripping mine carry … Continue reading »
SEXUAL DEPOSITS by OLISAKWE UKAMAKA EVELYN
(A True Life Narrative by Olisakwe Ukamaka Evelyn) As a new employee in Ecobank back in 2008, we were given targets from the Head Office – to ‘get’ deposits, like they were hanging on trees and all we were to do was ‘pluck’ the monies. Most women told me horrific stories of how they … Continue reading »
