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I lost again. I did everything this time though: I remembered to turn off my phone, I tied my feet together, I remembered to drop a note, I said a prayer this time.…
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Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978), a name that virtually all Nigerians would have heard before, was the first Nigerian woman to drive a car.  Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was so…
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Now she looks at me like I'd be gone for good. I'm thinking about life, and the things I should have done and the things I did but shouldn't have. For example, like when I stole a…
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Welcome to the segment “This week in History”. According to Robert Heinlein, “A generation which ignores history has no past and no future”. Most Brownites did…
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I came with a black eye and busted lip; They said it was a mistake. I came with a broken wrist in a sling; They said I should pray for him. I came with a white cast in a…
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Let's paint two pictures. The first picture is of someone who has a problem (think of any problem) and doesn't have money. The second picture is of someone who has the same problem…
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The raging bull came charging at me He tore my dark blue dress like a lion tears its prey Leaving not a single seam intact I could barely hear my own whimpers My tear wells had…
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Dear silence, my lost friend I left a little too early, now I have learnt I've been dancing by myself tonight Closed my eyes, I am lost in the lights Nothing is left of what…
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Kére o! There is pandemonium in the land of Eléwéńjéwé. The town crier could barely get another word out before his voice begins drowning in the shouting and wailing of the people.…
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I could see him at the other side of the room, just a few tables away from mine. This was the first time I was seeing him here and I had made Delightful Bites my permanent lunch…
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