Of _Heat_ and _Rains_ The day the clouds coughed dryly, just after the days of the smoldering heat, The day it retched brown water on our roofs and our heads and the gele on mother’s head, The day the smell of the unsalted tears of the clouds kissing the dust reached our noses, The day …
Iska Darkness used to be cold, but now warmth is all I feel In this enclosed shell of mine. Madness used to drive me on, but now calmness is all I feel I think it’s a sign, I might go, soon. I was used to asking the color of the sky, but now …
Ijeoma The yams have started coming in, Mama is smiling. Obim is laughing as his huge arms bearing bottles of hot drink drip warm sweat. I’m looking at the dark skin on his back, my eyes shredding his under garment. ‘He’s darker down there’, I think. Onye-oji, black man. “I’ll take you to the …
Maurice I’d always loved toy dogs. Ever since I was a little girl, I always wanted one. But dad would hear nothing of it. Mum hated dogs and that was it. I mean, what harm could they do? They were just tiny creatures needing love and they also kept company. Take for example the Pomeranian. Its foxlike head …