Nov 10, 2017 | General, Non-Fiction |
Last month, I attended a music concert featuring mostly classical and orchestra music. Before the concert commenced, I looked through the program I was handed at the door. It contained details you would normally expect to see in a program of events: names of the...
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Feb 21, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Opinion |
Happy Tuesday! Believe it or not, this is the last full week in February. Where did the month go? Wouldn’t you like to know! But anyway, February is the shortest month, so we shouldn’t be surprised. Today, we’re talking about early morning music. Have you noticed...
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Aug 19, 2014 | Fiction, Romance, Series |
By now, it was already dark, and although the electricity supply was a lot better in Asaba than it was in Lagos, the power was out that night. The generators in the neighborhood had taken over from where PHCN stopped. Chief Alozie’s compound was no...
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Feb 24, 2014 | Non-Fiction, Opinion |
Junior and Pretty’s video for their song, Bolanle is one of those videos that has the ’90s written all over it. The outfits, the muddied beats in the background, the off-key background vocals. All these things add to the comedy that is this video. If you...
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Jun 25, 2013 | Fiction, Mystery, Series, Short Stories |
“You can play it on the piano then.” He did not say this like he was urging me. It was more like a command that he expected me to obey. Motioning for me to follow him, he led the way to the half-opened door that led to the music room. As he pushed the door open, I...
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Jun 18, 2013 | Fiction, Mystery, Series, Short Stories |
Mama had not yet returned from work, and I had already been to Mama Peju’s shop. She did not have the house keys. That meant that I would have to wait outside the door until Mama came back. Today, that option was not-so-palatable. Waiting at Mama Peju’s shop was...
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Jun 11, 2013 | Fiction, Mystery, Series, Short Stories |
The Piano Book is my first published short story. I first published this story in 2012 on Smashwords. I received encouraging feedback and recently realized that I had never shared it here, on my blog. I believe you guys should be the first to know about my work, and I...
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