Posts by Azuka
Kama Sutra
My cellphone rang loudly, rousing me from the uneasy sleep I had just drifted into. I reached for it, with half a mind not to answer if it was my elder brother, ‘Chief.’ It was. Courtesy, and the knowledge that I seldom called him, won out. I flipped the phone open. “Hello?” “Hello! Azuka, this […]
Criticism
We both know my writing is flawless. There are absolutely no mistakes — grammatical, punctuation-wise, or otherwise. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration if I cast modesty aside and called it perfect. It thus came as a surprise when I came across this comment on my faultless article The Jinn by someone called Mememe, here reproduced […]
I’m back
… or at least, have been since Monday. I wish I could say Nigeria was completely fun — not that it wasn’t, but being away for quite a while had gotten me unaccustomed to some of the important things. Like NEPA PHCN. After a few weeks of making excuses with my employer and spending quite […]
Accident
I started taking driving lessons about a week ago. It’s been exciting in a way — never mind the fact that the instructor uses a very old Volkswagen ‘Bug’ Beetle. The gears make the most awful grinding noises in the world when I shift up or down and having long legs, the wheel touches my […]
They said…
‘They said a witch was caught this afternoon close to Garrison,’ my cousin Bukky informed me breathlessly. Who are they? I wondered. It took me about ten seconds before it registered. They — that quaint Nigerian way of using the pronoun such that it meant no one, anyone, some people or everyone without any specifics […]
Naija…
The title of the post says it all. I’m back where I like to call home. I’m putting together the gist at the moment, but let’s just say I’m having a great time 😉