Yẹni
The girls’ hostel at FGGC Kabba lay under the familiar post-exam haze of the days between exams and closing day, when neither students nor staff had the energy…
Rọ́láyọ̀, Again
Whatever Rọ́láyọ̀ expected a babaláwo’s house to look like, it was not this: a small bungalow with peeling cream-and-green paint. It was an ordinary looking house in an…
Rọ́láyọ̀
Roláyọ̀ was in her room, sitting before her dressing mirror, searching for a specific pair of earrings—gold hoops with pearl raindrops—when her phone rang. She looked up from…
Taiye, Again
It was December 1991 and the Awóṣakins—Idris, Èrí, and their son, Kẹ́hìndẹ́—prepared as best as they could for their first visit to Táiyẹ́ since she had left home…
Táiyẹ́
Eríayọ̀ (Erí) and Idris Awóṣakin prepared as best as they could for the arrival of their first child whom they hoped would be a boy. In the last…
Arafa
The Great Scholar International School (GSIS) was not particularly great, scholarly, or in any way international. The proprietress, Mrs. Eucharia Odumah, a retired public school principal, had originally…
Ojonya
When Ojonya moved in with Anwuli at the end of their youth service year, it was with the understanding that she would start contributing to expenses once she…
Àbẹ̀ní
Alhaji Muhideen Teslim Tanko, philanthropist, town’s elder man, and owner of Tanko Motors, Tanko Rentals, Tanko Furnishings and Tanko Water celebrated his 75th birthday with improvidence. The party…
Block 244 – Flat Three
2001 When Deinde Ajisafe bought and moved into his three-bedroom flat in Abesan Estate, Iyana Ipaja, he threw a housewarming party. He invited his friends, his business partners,…