Short Stories
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THE SAKA DIARIES 2; (LEKKI LIFE…)
Incase you missed the first part of this series, you can read it here … Back in Naija, I paid about a million in rent for a not-so-great-looking apartment. Actually let me rephrase that “we” paid about a million per year, because I was semi -squatting with my friend and his brother, and eventually they…
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TEJU COLE’S SHORT STORY FROM RETWEETS OF OTHER PEOPLE.
P.S; First of all, I have to say this. I don’t know who I offended, but I have been trying to post this for like 9 days now. Its been war. Eyin familiar spirits. I bind you o. I initially thought about scrapping the post from my draft, since it was sorta already old but…
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THE SAKA DIARIES 1 (LEGAL ALIEN)
The following are real life events from a reader who has chosen to write under the pseudonym Saka. Enjoy the hilarious 1st part of a series to come. I looked around Muritala Mohammed International Airport, it was packed with hot smelly bodies. The air conditioning was either broken or not geared to handle the crowd…
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SHORT STORY; THE CONCLUDING PART
This is the concluding part of last week’s story. Incase you missed it, you can read it here. I looked at both of them quickly, they had nothing to be worried about in their hands, but I still looked at them. One was wearing a once white – now dirty brown tshirt and torn jeans,…
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SHORT STORY
When I first used to go to Lagos, I used to go like a regular Nigerian citizen. I say regular because Lagosians are not regular Nigerian citizens, trust me. I always went with the same sweetness with which you go to Calabar or Akure or Osogbo. But very recently, I have noticed, that a certain type…
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