Something Bigger Than Love – 10
TEN ‘Zoo-gini? Which one is that?’ Uchechi’s nose was wrinkled as though the mere sound of the course itself added a foul smell to the air. She did not wait …
Something Bigger Than Love – 10 Read MoreAfrican and Black Queer Experience and Public Education
TEN ‘Zoo-gini? Which one is that?’ Uchechi’s nose was wrinkled as though the mere sound of the course itself added a foul smell to the air. She did not wait …
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The Encounter April walked out of the kitchen with a plate of sliced cucumbers. Loveth was at the table pretending to read, Georgina on the bed, smiling at her phone. …
Roommates: Episode 11 Read More
NINE 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. …
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Story 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 More
EIGHT He knew her bride price had been paid and also who had paid it. But he did not care. He was his enemy after all. He’d seen her pass …
Something Bigger Than Love – 8 Read More
by 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 More
Hello my DNB Peeps! How una dey? So last week, my talk was pulled down because of a complaint we got, which we now think we shouldn’t have anyway. Much …
Gloria Talks… Read More
SEVEN Ahanna told him his rent has expired. He did not allow his shock to settle on him before he continued. He told him he needed someone to stay with, …
Something Bigger Than Love – 7 Read More
by Daniel Nkado My name is Ndubuisi. I first came to Lagos on October, 2008. A bank had called me for an interview. The closest relative I have in Lagos …
Life Story: My One Week In Lagos Read More
by Daniel Nkado I once had a girlfriend. We called each other Bestie Poyoyo. We were in the same school, in the same class, lived in the same room. We …
Short Story: Bestie Poyoyo! Read More
SIX 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 …
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Five 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 More
by Daniel Nkado No life story today, so we are going to have a little discussion. During an address to the graduating class of 2015 at Wellesley College in Wellesley, …
Are Men Privileged? Read More
THREE 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 More
Shopping Girls! The next day was Friday. Georgina woke up early. By 8:30 she was already dressed for school. ‘Ladies, I’m leaving,’ she said, her handbag hanging from her shoulder. …
Roommates: Episode 4 Read More
by Daniel Nkado I should be about fifteen when Paul came to live with us. My mother said he was from Ukpo, but he didn’t speak Igbo like them. That …
Short Story: Untouched Read More
Chapter 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 More
Narrated by UJ, Penned by Daniel Nkado I have always been an adventurous woman—which was why I got married at the age of 19 in the first place. Don’t get …
Life Story: How I Learned To Become A Wife Read More
Bishop Georgina! Georgina woke up first that morning. She reached into her bag and brought out a big bible. She opened it, read a passage and closed it back. She …
Roommates: Episode 3 Read More
by Victor Uma I finally will tell her today. ‘Mama, I want to tell you something,’ I will start it with. I will watch her stare at me with a …
Short Story: A Will’s End Read More
Story written by Daniel Nkado There was a time I had a cleaning job in a small guest house in Asaba. Then, I was staying with an uncle who lived …
Short Story: When I Was In Asaba Read MoreI am sick. I am disgusting. I am filthy. Many men have said this to me when I tell them what I enjoy during sex. What I find intensely erotic. …
My Sick Passion Read MoreIt was a cool Wednesday evening. The street was different, not in its usual bustling state. Deep down the road, all the boys of my street crowded a small wood …
Life Story: A Tale of Two Deaths 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 Moreby Prosper Articles like this posted on DNB Stories represent only the views of the writer and not the opinion of DNB Stories. *** I am not one of those …
Musings: An Atheist Tale Read MoreTHIRTEEN A young woman was driving too fast, her mind racing with a thousand thoughts. Her hands on the steering wheel were trembling. Her chest was pounding. Had she killed …
Love and Other Things that Follow – 13 Read MoreA DNB Reader shared this touching life story. Please endeavour to comment after reading. And be fair with your comments. And we’d like to also utilize this medium to apologize, …
What I Did To My Mother Read Moreby Daniel Nkado This happened on Thursday morning. I needed to pick a package at Yaba— a pile of data forms for the office—before heading to work. A colleague had …
Short Story: I Need To Eat! Read More
by Daniel Nkado My sister has never brought a man home before, even though she is four years older than me. My mother always said, though never in her presence, …
Love Story: A Valentine to Remember Read Moreby Daniel Nkado and Gloria Ezeh He has always been there for me. He was around the day I got soaked in the rain, stranded on an empty road. That …
He Came for Me Read More
by Daniel Nkado Warning: Adult story. *** His name was Kwame, the quiet dude that lived in the flat downstairs, just under mine. He was tall and muscular with extremely …
Love Story: My Beautiful Ghanaian Man Read More
by Daniel Nkado This story contains STRONG LANGUAGE and may not be suitable for young readers. *** I met her hips many minutes before meeting her. Like two giant roller …
A Dangerous Calabar Waist Read More
by Daniel Nkado Read Part 1 HERE I came out of the bathroom still feeling quite uneasy. I watched Raja and Phoenix share another lesbian kiss before Phoenix went on …
My Lesbian Encounter – Pt 2 Read More
by Daniel Nkado So I met this girl sometime last month. At GT Bank ATM. She just walked in and met the long queue—like a giant millipede we curved out …
My Lesbian Encounter – Pt 1 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 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 MoreONE She thought it’d be nice if she made something ‘local’. Egwusi soup perhaps. But she hasn’t seen him eat that before. She hasn’t even seen him eat anything. Before …
The Other Side of Love by Daniel Nkado 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 More