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FOUR 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 More
Chika 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 More
Read 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 …
Ola – The Tale of a Young Moon Maiden – 1 Read More