In life, some people demonise angels but idolise demons. It all depends on which side you kick the ball. In politics, governance, and the economy, there are many lethal weapons and too many unscrupulous individuals who would not hesitate to deploy them. Sadly, they would do this all for one thing: personal interests, following a…
Half Open Lid tells a story of ruffled Ameze, a community whose values and cultural heritage collide with westernisation, a word often used interchangeably with modernisation, albeit wrongly. The narrative attempts to paint the negative effects that often come with westernisation in both its socio-cultural and ethno-religious dimensions. Written by Uzoamaka J. Eze, Half Open…
Your Money Bleeds- It took me four years after graduation from secondary school to finally get admission into the university to study law, the course I had always loved since I was the little Honey in Primary Three. It wasn’t because I was dull. I had 7 As in my WAEC, including Mathematics and English…
The Other World is a novel described by the author, Abbie Emmons, as ‘a romantic/literary fiction…’ The book was released on the 19th Of September, 2023. It’s a romantic, coming-of-age story set up in the Pacific Northwest of the early 90s. It follows the lives of Orca, and her reclusive father, who both live in a…
Fear is the first injury- Who are they? Are they human beings? Or are they truly spirits as many people in my village claim? One of my uncles swears that they are. Even Gogo, my sweet grandma, tells me that “these things are spirits”. Spirits? What are spirits? They tell me that akaka are…
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