Mordecai’s Donkey
Imagine you are me, and you had a friend, whose friend of his was called Mordecai. He was a poor man but had a donkey that was given to him as a special gift by his late father who had told...
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Me
Listen. Did you hear them? The hills are talking to me. They called my name. They dare me to climb and see how hard life could be. What an ultimate invitation to a battle of survival....
Read MoreEye of a Needle
You could mock an old man because you know he is close to his grave. But do not mock a young boy because you don’t know what he could become. I am the word carver. I forge words, I make...
Read MoreChristmas in Bethlehem
Four days before Christmas locusts were about to invade our village, somewhere in Bethlehem province. Everyone panicked at the news. The late rain had caused the locusts to target their...
Read MoreChildren of The Sun
When I was young, mum told me there was man in the moon. I sat every night staring at the sky, with a thousand stars dotting the naked sky. Each time I tried counting the stars I kept...
Read MoreBreathing River
It started like this, her father appeared to her in the dream and said, “Fear is a thing of the mind, love is a thing of the mind, death is a thing of the mind. Why suicide when life was...
Read MoreAnaesthesia
In the beginning, when there was no time, our land was in total ruin and desolated for full disobedience and condemnation. The line between the living and the spirit was thin and...
Read MoreAdebimpe, My African Queen
Princely pride that stride with pace of worthiness Adebimpe, breathing river who raises the torrent of men’s heart with unquestionable speed The enigma with possession of secret...
Read MoreAfrica vs Europe: Oral Tradition and the Comic Books
“In Africa, where writing doesn’t exist, there is an intimate bond between a man and the word he utters.” General History of Africa In European literary endeavours, the epic is...
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