Walking down the gang way, she was intoxicated with the prospect of meeting with Amir. Their last meeting was too short. It was in a shopping mall at Maputo. She ran into him at Bert’s pharmacy. He had a cold and was purchasing some pills. “Hi Amir darling!” “Oh Hi Anita”. “How are you?” “I […]
Ronald Reagan Airport, Virginia “Spread your legs maam” the female officer ordered Ms. Lucas. With her gloved hand, she ran a body search down. She couldn’t believe what she thought she felt. That didn’t feel right. Like they always say curiosity killed the cat. Her job was to pat down each female passenger and be […]
The Divorce Friday evening: After treading the shores of Ikoyi and Victoria Island in search of job, the repeat of the same process as it was yesterday, as it was the day before yesterday as it was the days earlier, it was time for D’haut to head back home. D’haut was crossing the road. He […]
“I used to trek to everywhere. In the village I trekked to the farm, I trekked to the stream, I trekked to the market, I trekked to the village square, I trekked to the local school, I trekked to visit family. The only thing I had was my Legedes Benz. I loved it. I cherished […]
My daddy had travelled to Liberia in the late seventies for a conference at the University of Liberia, Monrovia. He remembers this workshop session on “The development of Democracy in the West African sub region’ that was facilitated by a guy from Fourah Bah College, Sierra Leone, a certain Mr.Winterhill. Samuel Winterhill had been in […]
I was on holidays with my daddy to Nigeria. My father Mr. Jones is from the south eastern part of Nigeria. His Nigerian name is Ikpeadiamkpo. My father as the story goes left Nigeria in the late eighties to the US to seek greener pastures. When he got to United States, a lot of folks […]