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• Fried Plantain
  on Jul 15, 2014
  Fried plantain. That was how it started o Wait. That is definately not how it started. It went more like this: Oh to fall in love!  (What a corny opening line lol) *clears throat* To learn each day about your love. To learn as the day...
• SUNRISE
  on Dec 15, 2013
  Here I lay as it betrays me. My body, tries to slay me. Motion that would have been seamless has become laden with pistons and swords digging deep into me. A tincture here, a potion there. None delivering its promise of healing. Its a fight d...
• INTERVIEW: TOLULOPE POPOOLA
  on Mar 20, 2013 in Interview Novel Nigeria
  DWN: Tell me a bit about yourselfTP: I was born in the 80s, the first of three children.  I grew up in Lagos,Nigeria in a household where I was surrounded by books from an early age. Asa child, I was a real bookworm; the introvert who preferred...
• BOOK REVIEW: 'NOTHING COMES CLOSE' by Tolulope Popoola
  on Mar 19, 2013
  Nothing comes close is a tale of tumultous romance. A romance between two characters Wole and Lola. Tolulope Popoola delves into issues bordering on love, forgiveness, friendship with a dash of secrets and good intentions gone horribly wrong. Lola an...
• BOOK EXCERPT: 'NOTHING COMES CLOSE' by Tolulope Popoola
  on Mar 19, 2013
  We were still carrying on about the previous night when Titi knocked on the door to the bedroom and reminded us that she was having a party later in the day. If things were to go smoothly we had to get a move on. We stumbled out of bed, cleaned our t...
• Kill Them
  on Feb 26, 2013 in Keke napep Witch Nigeria horsecrap God Love Hearts
  I was a witch. I could feel my fangs growing. My fangs were ready to dig into anyone who dared to cross me. My broomstick stood proudly by my side. Wait. Was I the obodo oyinbo witch with a broom and wand or was I just an 'Iya oshoronga' of N...
• Photocopies
  on Jan 21, 2013 in Kindness Chaos Guardian Angel Safety Death Madness God Security Face-me-I-Face-You Pyjama bottoms Lagos Photocopies Testimony HE Nigeria Running Nigerian Police Yahoo Stranger
  There I was in the dark. My eyes widened in unfamiliar darkness. I heard children running around somewhere upstairs. I ran. I ran up the stairs as fast as my legs could carry me.I ran into a strangers house. I had never been inside one before. By the...
• Sun ré
  on Jan 20, 2013 in Words Memories THE 'I AM' Settle Mama God
  Don't cry don't cry don't cry.... Error...! lolFace full of tears and snot. I remember you today as I have everyday. I wish I could talk to you again. Just one last time. I miss you so much. Mama your bébé is grown up. Your '...
• Irapada
  on Jan 7, 2013 in Hope Goodwill Redemption Nothing Lagos Donate Airborne Strength Nigeria Irapada Victory Boys
  "Stop pushing my head up and down, just cut it well now..!" He sat in a plastic chair scratching the "lapa lapa" that had spread as wide as the map of Africa all over his scalp. The scaly whites of the infection fell like snow fla...
• Tomato Money
  on Dec 22, 2012 in Money Woman Nigeria Baby short story Fiction Tomato
  The baby cried. She cried so hard I was scared. Her cheeks trembled as she wailed. I was confused. It was cold and hard. She scrambled for the last piece. It had abaited her tears at least. She gave me a half smile through oil stained lips. But her e...

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