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by Nnenna Okolo Chioma is her happiest today. She is finally going to see Grandma. It’s been some years now since she last saw her. Roughly 4 years ago— the …
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by Nnenna Okolo Chioma is her happiest today. She is finally going to see Grandma. It’s been some years now since she last saw her. Roughly 4 years ago— the …
Flash Story: The Return Read MoreThe Coming of Rachel Georgina pushed the bathroom door open. ‘Oh my God!’ she screamed. ‘April, what have you done?’ She tried to lift April. ‘You girls want to kill …
Roommates 2: Episode Four Read Moreby Daniel Nkado Ogbaru Lake was not to be visited at night. The lake goddess came out with her maidens to bathe at night. Every native of Ogbaru knew about …
Flash Story: The Gods are Not to Blame Read MoreTHIRTEEN The boy, Felix Uzonna, was a quiet boy. He was nothing like the other Zoo boys that scream and run about the class, telling jokes and calling each other …
Something Bigger Than Love – 13 Read Moreby Staff writer Sometime in 2012, little Mary came to live with her Aunty in Somolu. Mummy just died and there was no other person to stay with than Aunty …
Life Story: Battered! Read Moreby Gloria Godfrey and Hot Mum Just when we thought DNB is the most animal-loving blog ever, two DNB Mamas came forward with this: 1. An Encounter With The …
Life Story: Animals That Shouldn’t Come To DNB? Read MoreIt was a breezy Sunday afternoon. Comfort has just finished spreading the clothes she washed on the line in front of their compound when her elder sister came out carrying …
Life Story: Violated! Read Moreby Daniel Nkado There lived an old woman in a small ill-built hut deep in the forest. Akate has seen her once. That day, she was in this forest with …
Flash Story: Akate and the Old Woman of the Forest Read MoreNINE Obinna dropped his wet shirt back into the bucket. Rubbing his hands on his knickers, he ran into the house. The noise was coming from Room Four. Ore’s room. …
Something Bigger Than Love – 9 Read MoreStory narrated by Mrs. Ozioma and penned by Daniel Nkado. My name is Uche. Sometime in 2010, I was a 200-level student of UNIZIK. Daniel would know because there was …
True Life: The Awkward Way I Met My Husband Read Moreby Daniel Nkado We were young. We were naive. One careless mistake led to a turbulent situation. ‘I think I am pregnant,’ she said to me that evening. We were …
Life Story: How I was Forced to Marry Beatrice. Read MoreSIX She thought she wouldn’t sleep, but she did. After dinner, she’d entered her room quietly. She didn’t join the others to watch Super Story on NTA. Later, Ugochi knocked …
Something Bigger Than Love – 6 Read MoreFive Adaku stared at the big bus, reading the inscription on it— THE YOUNG SHALL GROW MOTORS—over and over again. At the right, a man was loading passengers’ luggage into …
Something Bigger Than Love – 5 Read MoreTHREE They brought wine today. It was meant to be a small occasion, smaller than a normal wine-carrying ceremony. They had come with just two elders; one was Ichie Okwu, …
Something Bigger Than Love – 3 and 4 Read MoreChapter One Ada is your sister, Mama Obinna said this to her son often. ‘Take this to your sister,’ she said, handing Obinna the black polyethylene bag that contained Ada’s …
Something Bigger Than Love – 1 and 2 Read MoreAll episodes of DNB Roommates are written by Daniel Nkado. Georgina’s Arrival Loveth sat on the blue plastic chair by the wall, pretending to read. The big purple textbook on …
Roommates: Episode 1 Read MoreThey walked and walked, till it was noon time and the sun now appeared just above them. Its blinding rays were not as friendly as they looked seeing them from …
Ebubedike and the Desertlings of Uforo – 5 Read MoreFOUR The creature was a master of stealth. Its long fat body blended perfectly with the browning leaves and dried twigs on the ground, very easy to be mistaken for …
Ebubedike and the Desertlings of Uforo – 4 Read MoreTHREE It was just as she described. They got to the junction of three roads and followed left. Oye-Nta market, as usual, boomed with women. It was a market for …
Ebubedike and the Desertlings of Uforo – 3 Read MoreTWO The rain has stopped. The bush path was narrow and lonely. The moon was only a dull crescent, its cloudy light barely able to cut a slice of the …
Ebubedike and the Desertlings of Uforo – 2 Read MoreChika climbs in through the store window first and then holds the shutter as the woman climbs in after her. The store looks as if it was deserted long before …
A Private Experience Read MoreSIX Didi picked the small pot of lip paint from her beauty basket lying next to her feet and removed the lid. She dipped into the pot and ran the …
Ola – The Tale of a Young Moon Maiden – 6 Read Moreby Daniel Nkado She walked with a stoop, supporting her bent self on a tall stick. Her face abounds with wrinkles, folds and folds of aged skin. She wore always …
Special Story: For Grandma Read MoreRead The Village Girl – 1 here. ONE Anulika clapped again. ‘Nwamma!’ ‘Nwamma!’ She turned to the little boy playing with a toy car on the verandah floor. …
The Village Girl – 2 (Chapter One) Read MoreFOUR “Jagara! Jagara! Jagara!” The bells on Efu’s ankles and the tiny gongs strung to the end of her long wood staff rattled as she swaggered to the palace. …
Ola – The Tale of a Young Moon Maiden – 4 and 5 Read MoreTWO Ko koro koo! The red-colored rooster crowed from the backyard barn. As it did the third time, the door of the hut Ola shared with her little brother, …
OLA -The Tale of a Young Moon Maiden – 2 Read MoreONE The quiet of midnight chilled the air. Above, thousands of stars twinkled in the sky. Yet no moon was seen. Flapping wings flew across, screeching. Each owl dropped …
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