September 5, 2019
“Mummy! Mummy! I got 100% on my science test!” Asake bust through the door of No. 10 Oremeji road. She could barely contain her joy. Dropping […]
August 21, 2019
Walking with Mom this evening, we came across a bird’s nest. It had fallen off a tree and laid half broken on the sidewalk. Constructed with […]
August 4, 2019
“She was a princess?” Mama Alake turned to her friend of fifty years. Mama Sola shook her head in amazement. They were seated at the first […]
August 2, 2019
Glancing at her nurse’s aid, the octogenarian clucked her tongue in disapproval, ‘That’s what she does all day. Head bowed as in prayer, eyes glued to […]
July 3, 2019
I campaigned for three terms before Mum yielded. I was finally going to school on the train.
May 31, 2019
“No do gra-gra for me. Omo let me romance you.” La Ray’s song looped endlessly in my head. I choreographed. I was crammed in the back […]
May 1, 2019
Gbum! Yeepah! Bolting upright, I looked across the room at Benji. In the dim light of dawn, Benji’s form lay still in his twin bed across […]