Segun Akinyode‘Even before the dust and smoke of slave raids and the accompanying inter-tribal wars had settled down, Nigeria, as well as the rest of tropical Africa, was agitated by happenings the repercussions of which are with us today.’...
The polarization of the countries of the world into developing and developed nations has brought in its wake a dichotomy in the perception of ideas, concepts and cannons by different specialists in these divides. One of such distinctions is ‘whether...
The time was about two o’clock in the morning. I knew I should not have left my girlfriend’s place at such an unholy hour, but I had to. A number of reasons prompted the inauspicious decision. One, I had a lecture fixed for eight...
That the protagonists should not be held responsible for their unwholesome experience is defensible on the premise that they are not academic failures. Each of them excels in his examination and if anything, one expects the system...
‘That is impossible, I’ve had enough of this rubbish; never will I trust any human being again.’ Tara exclaimed. And then hot tears from the bowel of a hurt heart began to cascade freely down the front of a well-cut skirt suit. Laying a placatory...
The first item his eyes stabbed when he slipped into the pitch-dark room was a calabash bowl containing finely cut pieces of Indian Spinach; he emptied the vegetable into a sack, which he had extracted from his hip pocket. Some cloves of onion lying...
The men interrupted their lively conversation abruptly. Exchanging quick glances, they stood up in unison, scampered across the verandah into the burning sun and disappeared behind the house. Presently, the subject of the men?s hasty departure...
The million thoughts gradually dissolved into one hard nut knocking his heart pulsatingly as he pushed the starter and eased the Datsun on the road. He forced his uncle’s homily out of his mind and concentrated on the job at hand. “What job?” he...
