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I used to think that Amara was my favorite person in the world until my phone went off. I had gone to Uncle Didi, one of the tenants in m...

Image modified using a picture by Becca Clark from Pixabay This periodic magazine highlights a small selection of short stories posted to...

I never imagined that my life would wander away from in such a peculiar course. Since from the get-go, I was prepared for business and dr...

Creative Nonfiction in The Ink Well Prompt #83 Source Welcome to The Ink Well's weekly creative nonfiction prompt! In this post, we'll an...

If I was grateful for anything, it was for the kind of family I had. Not perfect, yes, but each of us held a piece that could complete th...

Each day, his situation deteriorated further. He transformed into a notorious thief, brazenly robbing people at night and even in broad ...

"Can you accompany me to Lekan's place?" Aminat, my childhood friend asked and I froze for some seconds. I didn't know what res...

Source "Ojo, are you not going to school? Why are you still lying down by this time?" My dad called on me from the sitting roo...

Imagen in pixabay by TungArt7 It was an April afternoon where it was very hot, there was no breeze and the radiant sun was in all its sp...

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I had a lot of freedom as a teenager and it got me really exposed to thing happening in Lagos. My mom don't take me to places twice, she ...

A Wounded Heart Photo by Designecologist I was still enjoying my sleep that morning when my phone began to ring continuously. "Oh, ...

Source My aunt and uncle's house was actually the venue for our entire family to celebrate my cousin Abimbola’s 30th birthday. The backy...

source It was a fresh pre-winter morning in the humble community of Willow River, the leaves on the trees painted in shades of red and g...

After we finished learning about our civil rights in class, the four of us—Daniel, Johnson, Victor, and I—believed we knew all about how ...

Long distance journeys have always been a relief for me, especially when travelling with friends or family. Sometimes I would decide to g...

Kel, that girl means no good for you. Let go of her and I can assure you, a better girl will come. My best friend politely told me as w...

Our hearts almost flew off our chests when Dev was almost knocked down by a power bike. Our parents often warned us never to play footbal...

After seeing a two-hours movie about ghosts during the period meant for a GNS class that the lecturer didn’t show up for, Anastasia and I...

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There were four blocks of classrooms in primary school: blue, pink, purple, and yellow. It was easy to draw a line among us, even though ...

I just gained admission to college, started making new friends, and everything about my life changed. As always, just gaining admission t...

source It was the month of December, the month of the Christmas holidays. The vacations had already begun, and at that time the shopping ...

source Most of the corpers were present on the first day of school's resumption except for a few who didn't join us. Where I teach, we a...

Theatre Arts? The same question was on everyone's lips whenever I mentioned the course I was studying. Somehow, that made me sit back to ...

Generated using MetaAI It was a typical Saturday afternoon at home. Mom was in the kitchen cooking Sunday rice with the girls, Dad was wa...

Pixabay Let that which is still be still https://i.imgur.com/Q0JUGzz.jpg?1 I remember him clearly when he arrived: his clothes were o...

My baby sister with a voice "God's Miracle, mummy, and daddy did their work in their place of meeting". Fortunately, you were ...

We all knew where he was so I rose to get him the minute my mother asked. Source “What is wrong with this boy for God's sake? Why can't ...

Source Misguided Meddling My aunt Folashade is a wonderful woman who is married with two children. She constantly stops over to see ho...