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Submitted to Contest #51
Monday, July 21, 2020. 8 o'clock pm.I'm walking along the street of Kato, in Kano State, Nigeria. I decided to come at night to flee from the peering eyes and inquisitive looks of my once-upon-a-time playmates and street buddies who would've been trying to guess who I was, if I had come during the day. It is dark. The street is dark; there is no power supply at the moment -no thanks to the epileptic power supply that is characteristic of Nigeria. Giant of Africa my foot! Cameroon and Ghana enjoy steady light (power supply), while poor Nigeri...
Submitted to Contest #50
"Kevin, could you recite the 36 states and their capitals?" Mama-T demanded as she reclined into her arm chair. That was about the twentieth question she had asked me that cold Saturday morning, and I was about to give her the same response I gave the preceding nineteen questions: a loud, deafening silence. I was seated opposite her, my eyes wet, streams of tears rolling down my red cheeks, catarrh flowing down my nosehole like the Niger and Benue Rivers, my trembling hands fumbling with the empty wrap of biscuits I'd tearfully eaten while M...
John could barely sleep at night. He had been awake for what seemed to him an eternity. His heart was racing fast, his mind exploring and cross-checking the plans he had put in place to propose to his girlfriend. He hoped the ring was beautiful enough. Darn it! If she wouldn't like it, he could always get her another one. He made the right choice to put her best friend, Yemi, (an event planner) in charge of the whole plan. Yemi should know her better. "It's today, baby! We'll be together forever. Bachelorhood was dope. I'll definitely miss i...
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