Short Stumbles
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Ife mi, Do you remember the day we met? I was 10 years old and I was going to buy Maggi when that troublesome group of teenage boys in our neighborhood tried to bully and rob me off of my money; you were 11 and we had never spoken to each other before. I only…
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I finally accepted that something deeper than the failing government was wrong with this country. I had just boarded a bus to Port Harcourt when one of the “Pastor” passengers said I had sold my soul to the devil because I was wearing ripped jeans and therefore I was going to hell. Apparently, there was…
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I was six years old when my dad lost his job but I had never realized we were poor up until I began to know the differences between a boy and a girl. You see, if my parents were to venture into any career, they would have made it big in theatre arts. Growing up,…
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Emeka was one of those boys who travelled out of the country to South Africa and made it big. But you should know that before he travelled out, Emeka used to live next door. We lived in the type of neighbourhood where each house shared a fence with the next house on all cardinal points.…
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I got back from night class by 5am today. I close my eyes for a second and it’s already 7am so I drag myself out of bed because I have lectures by 9am. I take a cold bath, dress up and head out; I don’t even bother about makeup because I’m feeling a bit gloomy…
