To show how superstitious we as a people are, my mum says a typical pregnant Nigerian will not mention when she is due to give birth, neither friend nor foe is privy to this information, for fear that ‘someone’ else might be listening and who knows what peoples intentions towards one are.Even working mothers-to-be are [...]
Archive > September 2008
Are you sure?
I see the young man smile from a mile off. Well I see his teeth before I see his face. Am I the object of this smile or another? Looking left, right or behind me to make sure, I begin to very quickly rack my brain cells to help me. Where have I seen this [...]
Wishing for the past…
I remember passing my common entrace examinations in Primary 5 and being transported to the high heavens! I was abruptly brought down to earth when my dad informed my twin and I that passing exams are not the end of the world and there are bigger exams in front of us. I didn’t quite understand [...]