Anyways, back to why I decided to write you this letter. So you and your brothers decided to update your pick up line cache and all you could come up with is – “There’s no big deal in going out with me, after all your people marry two wives Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2017
The Respect that Matter.
I had been working through what seemed as endless nights and torrid days. I hardly slept but yet I kept wishing my days had at least three more hours than the usual twenty-four so I could stay awake that much longer to catch up on lost time. As though that wasn’t enough, this so … Continue reading
Memoirs of a Coal Kopa #4
Read previous episodes here 2 months passed pretty quickly, and I had adjusted to life in Aguaba. Except for the trekking to and fro school three times a week, it wasn’t so bad. I forgot about my redeployment plans – I had come armed with a medical report – and resigned to serving the whole … Continue reading
How Pornfident Are You?
Yes, this article is about pornography. Now, this little section is for the sake of all reflex reactions. So basically the gasps of “Oh my God, I’m not reading this” from the pretentious holier-than-thou folks, the excited rubbing of palms (possibly accompanied by licking of lips) from the proud pervs in the house, and the … Continue reading
How to Ace your Project Defense Flawlessly.
Defending a thesis is no child’s play. You are already imagining them naked cos you have stage fright, and you are supposed to defend all the shit you did, explain the choices you made, justify them and convince the panel of the relevance of all the nights spent working in the lab. Continue reading
Memoirs of a Coal Kopa #3
Read previous episodes here It was the Saturday before the week we were to resume school. We had all arrived the previous day, except for Zahra who was just on her way from Kaduna. Jeff, Temi and I sat in the sitting room having a breakfast of bread and tea, while Amaka was in the … Continue reading
Is your Humanity Intact?
In the old days, the people of Idoma-land engaged in a peculiar custom. Before a man got married, he was to cater for a creature of lower life form for a period of time. Most commonly, this creature would be either a pig, a goat, or a dog. The reason for this was barely looked … Continue reading
Modern Day Enslavement
Yesterday’s slaves were slaves by deprivation of comfort
Yet the modern day slave remains in bondage of comfort
Cravings leave us hooked and sinkered by luxuries of all sorts Continue reading
Memoirs of a Coal Kopa #2
Read previous episodes here I woke up to the sound of bleating goats and sheep. I had slept like a log of wood and my body ached as a result of the rigor it had undergone the previous day. I glanced at Zahra, sleeping at the other end of the room. Zahra was my roommate … Continue reading
Co-husbands may just be better than Co-wives.
So, about Co-husbands. It is totally possible that Co-husbands may just be a bit better to manage than Co-wives, no? I mean, having three husbands should be a lot easier than having three wives. What could possibly go wrong if one woman and three men lived as husband and wife? Continue reading