by admin | Dec 16, 2020 | Stories
May 2015 I am blessed with three children and two grandchildren (for now). They are all inside the living room watching Kunle Afolayan’s Phone Swap. Since I am someone who loves to read, I would rather prefer to sit outside, pick up a book written by Wole Soyinka or...
by admin | Dec 9, 2020 | Stories
December 1980 There are so many activities going on in my father’s compound. Tomorrow is my traditional wedding and I am over-the-roof-top happy. People came from different places to grace the ceremony including many of the young men who had shown interest in me...
by admin | Nov 7, 2020 | Stories
You know I like to infuse one fun thing or the other in between our ongoing series. Well, here is another guest’s story. Goofy content…reader’s discretion advised. ******************** I wrote my final exams in November, 2019. I was filled with ecstasy; I had paid my...
by admin | Sep 30, 2020 | Stories
August 1972 My father’s compound was full of activities, women gathered round the various fire stands, some women sat at a corner cooking meat, others were frying it, another batch was making Egusi soup. A group of young men were dressing a cow that had just been...
by admin | Sep 9, 2020 | Stories
August, 1967 “Titi, take Olumide along with you to the farm, I have to go to the market.” Bisi said to her daughter. “Mama, I cannot take him. You know one minute he is well and the next, he is sick! I may not know what to do if he behaves in a weird way.” I...
