“Thanks for a lovely evening darling.” Yomi said, as they walked through the door of their home. “It’s been a while since you treated me to dinner and a show at the theatre.” “It was nothing.” Sade said brightly. “I had a great time too. Would you like a cup of tea before we go [...]
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The night was bright in a way that could only be described as white. The noise was eerie, silent and noiselessly touching the tip of my ear drums with waves. Confusion could be tasted through the particles of white air; transparent, yet opaquely apparent to the voices that were still there. There was a beckon [...]
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Abena and her baby, conveniently named Kwame for being born on a Saturday ended up staying a total of four months in the hospital. Every day, right after work, I visited them but only because Abena was more likely to cooperate with the hospital staff when I was with her. She cooperated even more whenever [...]
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We arrived at the private hospital. Soon enough, doctors and nurses flustered around Abena and her baby, determined to give them the care they so much needed. I paced in the lounge, my earlier sense of discomfort giving way to mild agitation with nothing to do but wait. Minutes later –it felt like hours- Ebo [...]
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The drive to the hospital was mostly quiet, interrupted intermittently by the baby’s sniffing noises. Doctor Amankwaa drove Abena in his car while the baby, carried in my gloved hands, rode with Ebo and me in his car. The silence between Ebo and I stretched on for several minutes, but in my head, the questions [...]
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I applied my make-up carefully, making sure that my face didn’t give anything away. But if anyone asked, I knew what I was going to say. “I cracked my chin against a door.” He said he was sorry for hitting me. I accepted his apology. I always did. Maybe a part of me believed it [...]
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Oluwafemi Abigail Adams. Born 1976. Died 2009 on the morning of her 33rd birthday. Unmarried. Murdered by a psychotic Neighbor. Survived by: a father who still grieves for the son he lost; a mother, who wonders what she ever did to God that he took two children from her in one lifetime; and a Twin. [...]
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There was once a time when men competed against other men to win the affections of a lady; but in this day and age men are made to fight against the battery- operated vibrating force, known as the dildo. As if it wasn’t enough that most men struggle with the constant paranoia of whether or [...]
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When female friends complain to each other that they are broke, the words “you need a man” often follow. It leaves me astonished; genuinely and seriously astonished. Why is it that when girls think about a world where they are able to buy whatever they want, they think of a world where a man holds [...]
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My world had accidentally pouched itself into another scary, unfamiliar path I didn’t exactly choose to walk. In my mind, I screamed for hours, never mind that in real time, it was actually in seconds. Soon, I heard the sound of a door opening, then slamming shut. It was a man. A stranger I knew [...]
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