I’m super excited to announce the release of my second novel, Walking the Blood-paved Path. I won’t bore you with stories, I know you just want to get the book. You can get the book on selar using this link. You can get the book on Okadabooks using this link.Continue Reading
The Train, Mount Zion’s latest movie, is a biopic based on the life of Mike Bamiloye. In seven chapters and close to three hours, the story of Mike Bamiloye is told from his childhood right into the early phase of his ministry. We follow his story from Ilesa to LagosContinue Reading
Asake half sat, half sprawled herself on her *agban’tara which was in front of her house. Her house: one of the few in the village with a corrugated iron roof. Usually whenever she observed the village while lounging on her inherited agban’tara, she would feel a sweeping sense of pride,Continue Reading
DOWN Life promises us a bath in a fancy Jacuzzi It only doesn’t tell us The Jacuzzi is filled With painful pebbles. -Adegbola Goodness Episode one Okwanze Andrew Kenechukwu rose out of his dream with a smile on his face. He only had a hazyContinue Reading
You are going through a really hard time, a moment of bereavement, loss or darkness and here comes someone telling you “You would be fine my dear” or worse yet, “I can relate” You find those remarks prickling, all you want to do is yell, “HOW DO YOU KNOWContinue Reading
Have you ever been in that place where you are so burdened that you cannot even express it in words? That point where you want to explain, but all that comes instead is tears, hot, unstoppable? Of course only those who still have their ‘crying license’ can relate. You areContinue Reading
Her arrival did more than just darken His doorstep; It darkened his whole life, Starting from the threshold. She came with words that tested sweet on the tongue, But deposited stains of poison on his entrails, Atherosclerotic plaques upon vascular lumens Occluding channels that were meant to convey nutrient. TheContinue Reading
A mere wash in the bathroom, you call it But I see it as a miracle. You might see it so too, if you look through my spectacle. How one slips under the spray or splash of water; Cold, tepid or hot, Dirty, tired, maybe grumpy And steps out clean,Continue Reading
Brian’s father was a zookeeper and daily after school, Brian would join his bald-headed father at the zoo. He relished every minute spent in the large expanse of compartmentalized land that the zoo was. He loved the ambiance of it -the animals, their chirping, croaking, roaring, whining, hissing- all ofContinue Reading
Lanre sat at dining table watching his parents set the table since they wouldn’t let him do anything, they said he was their guest. His Mum placed the ceramic plates on the red checkered table linen and she dished out the meal. Lanre had always admired his parents marriage andContinue Reading