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Take Me Home Lead image https://images.pexels.com/photos/4144147/pexels-photo-4144147.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 Jona has read a lot of books authored by black writers. Each time he visits the library to lend a book is always gets attracted by the title of those books written by black writers. As a black boy in a class filled with learners from all over the continents of the world, he wanted to find out more about his heritage. His intonation with English…
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Heart Call Lead image https://images.pexels.com/photos/6970826/pexels-photo-6970826.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 During the dry season in sub-Saharan Kanem, the huge black wolves had migrated towards the stream looking for water to quench thirst. Odewale, in search of games, trailed the pack of wolves through the footprints as they journeyed towards the stream. He has been on this journey for two nights. He found the park resting a few meters from the stream…
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Traveling Home Lead image https://images.pexels.com/photos/981588/pexels-photo-981588.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 It's there the first time in their hometown. Since Julie and Iyke were born, they have never traveled home or out of Lagos. Achim, their father left home during the war never came back. His parents thought he was dead. But during the war, he had jumped into a truck supplied aids to displaced persons, and off to the west, he went. This year, after a…
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Stereotyped Lead image https://images.pexels.com/photos/3985062/pexels-photo-3985062.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 Every Saturday, Dele loves to rest more than the weekdays. So, he would have to wake up four hours late than he does during work days. His wife, Arike is always in the kitchen, doing the dishes and preparing breakfast for the family while the washing machine is rolling, washing a set.of dirty clothes. That's has been the routine every Saturday.…
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Banished Lead image https://images.pexels.com/photos/1340853/pexels-photo-1340853.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 **Gozie's grandfather once told him a story, about how his lineage relocated from the original location of their kindred to their present location.** Some years ago, when Gozie attended a masquerade traditional display some villages away. This cultural display is always held during the festive periods when villagers who had gone to seek greener…
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Trapped In The Closet Lead image https://images.pexels.com/photos/9202352/pexels-photo-9202352.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 I stood in that wall wardrobe for several hours while the search for me got very intensed. If anyone had told Iffy my younger sister that I was there, should have rebuffed it. It started like a child's play but ended up a serious matter. Every Saturday morning, our parents would wake up early, leaving us in bed to have enough rest while…
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The Siege Is Over Lead image https://images.pexels.com/photos/6194128/pexels-photo-6194128.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 Christmas had never meant anything good for Adela, her parents, and her siblings. Last year Christmas was celebrated without anything to eat let alone special dresses for the festivity. Maria, her youngest sister had wept seriously when she had no new dress like her friends in the neighborhood. As Maria weeps, Adela joined her but silently.…
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This Time Tomorrow God speaks once, twice I heard that power, dominion and majesty belongs to God. I am not used to this, I just want to take tonight to rebound activities of the year and how God saw me through. He saw you through definitely, without which you won't be reading this post. Clearly, without any ado, life is battle. And as you know, in the battlefield, there would always be casualties. Every moment we live, an invisible battle is ongoing To see people, the…
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Is It Christmas Already? **10th December 2021**. It's fifteen more days before Christmas. Did you notice that the atmosphere has changed? Here in my domain, it's foggy every morning and despite the scorching soon at noon and heat of the night, towards the early hours of the day, there is usually one cold that blows through the window blinds. These signs are always there to announce the coming of Christmas. Even as an adult, I am so excited that the yuletide season is here.…
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The Chef In Me Lead gif https://giphy.com/gifs/lee-kum-kee-cooking-l0Iyh5eraI3GtooRW In our world, I mean Africa as a whole, the kitchen is secluded to the female gender. Most people here home the belief that a man is to sit in the living room and watch while his wife sweat in the heat of the kitchen to prepare meals. Growing up, I came to like staying more in the kitchen. My dad was a chef. He made several dishes, intercontinental dishes are inclusive. So, I stayed close to…
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Big Fish Lead image https://images.pexels.com/photos/7787937/pexels-photo-7787937.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 Tonia is a lovable girl. She had a very humbling beginning. Her father, a chartered accountant with one of the new generation banks while her mother deal in supplying building materials. After she was born, through a caesarian section, the medics have advised that the woman shouldn't get pregnant again due to some complications she had during the…
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Tears From The Sun Lead Image https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2020/01/22/17/39/sisters-4785866__340.jpg Two weeks ago, a lady who was given birth for the first time stood up against her inlaws who had opined through a family tradition that any woman married into their family who cannot give birth through a natural **push** means, is not worthy to be called a woman. Anuli got married in her mid-twenties. She is beautiful and the eyes of every man in Aminyi. Her father, Nnabike…
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Cave of Adullam Image source https://images.pexels.com/photos/2495692/pexels-photo-2495692.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 Jackson had always held the traditional belief of waking up at the right-hand side of the bed. Grandma Maureen had told them that if they do wake up on the left-hand side of the bed while their wife is pregnant, their baby would be a mysterious one. And here in Adullam, the natives don't want to hear of magic or anything related to it. So,…
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Shackles Lead image Alicia Freddo graduated seven years ago from the university but she's got no job despite trying hard to get one. When she left for Calabar, hoping that she would get employed at the Obudu cattle ranch, little did she know that life for her has just begun? In her first attempt at a job interview in Calabar, she met a lot of applicants than she have met in her entire interview sessions in Lagos. After the written interview with questions drawn from logic,…
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Childhood Memories Lead image https://images.pexels.com/photos/5951639/pexels-photo-5951639.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 A flashback sometime in the early 1980s reminds me of some of the mischievous acts I tried. This was done because I wanted to escape being flogged by my mother who believed that some actions are not mistakes but done with intention. Explain What You Did **Bed-Wetting & Pretence** During my childhood days, bedwetting was very popular among…
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The Chosen One Lead image https://images.pexels.com/photos/709552/pexels-photo-709552.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 Orji and Obini attended the same village school. While Orji hailed from Ama, Obini came from Udi, both villages are in the same autonomous community. The communities had everything in common and share the same values but only had different progenitors. Drinking water was the only problem they had. They would have to travel several miles to get good…
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New Friends On A Sublime Sunday A Good Weather Is A Blessing Everywhere you'll go this season, what you are most likely going to see is the paraphernalia of Christmas. The color of decor and the excitement in the faces of people make it easy for a layman to understand that something is with happening or about to happen. One of those things that announces Christmas around this part of the world is a large number of caged chickens. Farmers from the settlements want to dispose…
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Farewell To Pauline Lead image https://images.pexels.com/photos/6603350/pexels-photo-6603350.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 Ife left home to school in distant land where he knew nobody. His urge to seek higher education was undiluted. After writing his school certificate examination, he locked up himself in silent corners reading in preparation for the university matriculation examination. While his mates were busy seeking jobs to be able to acquire basic needs,…
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If Wishes Were Horses Leader image https://images.pexels.com/photos/1706013/pexels-photo-1706013.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 When your wife gives birth to a female child, your fellow men would say you aren't strong enough. On the contrary, when your wife is put to bed and he is a male child, they pour accolades saying ***you are a man indeed***. For Solomon, his wife Prisca, went to the labor room, seven times, out of which six were girls and the last one a…
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The Yuletide And Spending Lead image by Karolina Grabowska https://images.pexels.com/photos/5632386/pexels-photo-5632386.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 The yuletide season is one of the most anticipated periods in the year. Organizations usually round off their business year and give employees a break to relax from the hustling and bustling of the year. Some other organizations would do all out to make good sales using promo sales as a yardstick for drawing…
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Christmas Eve Charade Lead image https://images.pexels.com/photos/3682114/pexels-photo-3682114.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&h=650&w=940 I come from a very large family. My mother had nine of us. We are five boys and for girls, all by one mother and father. My grandfather, Mathias had only a son, that's my father. So, when he got married, they agreed that my mother should give birth to as much as possible so that the family could be enlarged by so doing. There we go, for…
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Her Dream Saved Her Lead image https://images.pexels.com/photos/267684/pexels-photo-267684.jpeg?cs=srgb&dl=pexels-pixabay-267684.jpg&fm=jpg As A revivalist was coming to town. Ogeh and her friend Udoh were eager to grace the revival. Since the program was slated for Wednesday, Udoh became skeptical about attending. She works as an apprentice in a fashion outfit and every Wednesday they would have to stay over for an overnight training. Udoh did all she could to attend the…
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Comedy Skit| Jokes Apart Lead image by Suvan Chowdhury https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photography-of-microphone-144429/ In this life, everything is recycled, even you🤣. You may want to boycott the idea, but it's true. Sometimes, I wonder what to say when a get the opportunity to find a mic, just like am doing now. I want ro recycle thoughts that had erupted elsewhere before but listen to me, never try this out there. A Military man's slap Joe had always rebuffed when…
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The Chase Lead image https://www.pexels.com/photo/7038099/download/ Breathlessly, he ran deeper as Leo chased him. How would he escape this looming death in the hands of a ravenously hungry animal? With the last strength he could mutter, Vicky jumped over the right and then a dead log. Leo kept up the chase and this was the only chance to survive the summer in the wild. The further he ran, the darker it became. But he dare not stop running. At some point, his mind was…
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2•0•2•1 In History Lead image https://images.pexels.com/photos/6117591/pexels-photo-6117591.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 Good morning friends. The frenzy is everywhere. 2021 started just like yesterday and here we are. One may not be able to recount every activity that occurred during the year but for me, one defining moment was when I found read.cash thanks to @Princessbusayo, she engineered and fingered my existence here. I am most grateful for you royal…
