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I sat in the exam Hall with 24 students clad in blue and white. Silence all around expect for in my ears, Chris Brown and Jhene Aiko sing their drunken blues. In this drab and utterly cold class; I waited for the time to pass. 12:30 couldn’t come... Read More
Merry Christmas guys. Because Christmas is a time of love, I hope you enjoy this. *** I sat in front of the mirror in my room, really edgy. I had a date in two hours and I was a nervous wreck. Mum walked in, stood behind me and smiled. “You look... Read More
Hello beautiful Elsians, I was a model for Artsmith Collections by Gbenga Dada in collaboration with @Tintsmakeuppro and House of Asooke. Gbenga Dada makes fabulous handcrafted bespoke jewelry. Proudly made in Nigeria and with a reputation of being a... Read More
Tweedle tweedle tweedle deeI’m as happy as can be’The song is tormenting my nerves all dayDid I get brainwashed over night causeI’m compulsively tweedledeeing yet for hours With embarrassment I caught myselfsinging the little... Read More
at night I feel a worm crawling though my bodyand you know, I don’t hallucinate anymorebecause hallucinations aren’t realand everything is real nowbut I can’t tell the real from the friends sometimesand it can’t be madnessand... Read More
This post was inspired by Alexandria’s post on her blog. I saw her post on Instagram then followed the link in her bio. Unlike Nappyhaired, I do not make wigs. I am just that lazy Elsie who loves having a good hair on her head. However, I have... Read More
by Samuel Oluwatobi Olatunji Darren C. Demaree’s Many Full Hands Applauding Inelegantly is a play of monologues clad in poetry. The many full hands in the title is a synecdochical portrayal of the audience, who applauds after watching a play... Read More
It took a long time to comethis exhilarating feeling I have always craved.And when all hope seemed lostYou caught me off guard.I stared hard ahead far too longthat I never saw you coming from behind.You came around and whispered into my heartSoftly you... Read More
by Samuel Oluwatobi Olatunji I missed Ake Festival last year. That was something terrible. I was faraway in the outskirts of Abuja in my father’s house, wishing I could traveled to Abeokuta. As I glanced through the Facebook pictures of my... Read More