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Your Language Will Not Die If You Learn Another One.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.~Charlemagne
Some may not like what I’m about to write but I’m going to write it...
Is The Housewife Alien To Igbo Culture?
Never ever accept ‘Because You Are A Woman’ as a reason for doing or not doing anything ~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The above tweet which...
Three Words To Sum Up Life.
We are in a strange time. A period when a tiny microbe is changing our way of life. We are now left with books,...
How To Tackle Police Brutality.
If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again. ~ Malcom X
Once again we are...
Messidinho The Unfeeling Beast by Emmanuel Enaku
I took one long swig from the bottle of champagne that stood on the marble-topped table in front of me and smiled inanely. I...
The Sad Period Of Grace : A Poem by by Emmanuel Enaku
When I was younger,
I was told the story of a child.
A child born in a manger,
in hay and under the clouds.
I was told of...
JUST WHY? a poem by Becky Peleowo
They said he died for me
And washed away my sins
They said his bloody stripes
heals every bruise and pain
They said he rose again from a...
Thug by Victor Oladejo
Spirits are citizens of this earth too, they leave among us, watch us, and see through us. They love this realm, the physical realm....
The Igbo — Yoruba Mistrust by Chukwuemeka Oluka
There is no way one can write on the Igbo — Yoruba mistrust without opening some healed wounds. Sadly, this is what the essay will do....
TAMING tHE Thug! by Becky Peleowo
Mama Kokwe said the blood that flowed in Agbero’s blood was a potpourri of cannabis, tramadol and tobacco and the scent that emanates from...
Cold Vengeance by Stephen Ayilegbe
It was a cold, bitter night in the small town of Millfield. The kind of night where the air was so frigid that it...
Miracle: A Poem by Stephen Ayilegbe
In the depths of winter, when the days grow short
And the world is blanketed by a quiet snow
We gather around the fire, with loved...
If I Were Jesus: A Poem by Chukwuemeka Oluka
Come to think of it;
Jesus was quite humble while on earth
If I were Jesus that resurrected from the dead,
I would run round the streets...
Rotten Tooth by Kenneth Nwabuisi
June 2006
Tolu my elder sister had such beautiful legs longer than mine. We were two little gifts the heavens blessed our mother with. We’d...
Celebrating New Life: A Poem by Solomon Ekoja
Tick after tick
Three decades beckoned
Like spider webs
Woven with spurned promises
Around the scripture ceiling
Of Matthew: 1:21
On came the anthem
From river Jordan
With sounds of an acapella...
