Series (Fiction)
BEAUTIFUL SINNERS (Episode 13)
Previously on BEAUTIFUL SINNERS… * I sat on the lumpy sofa as I watched the nurse take my blood. I had done this a number of times before; getting a
SIX – 5
The press conference was about to start. The media was already snapping their teeth, latching on to the seedy reports flying around about Kareem’s sexuality. Even the Nigeria Football Federation
BEING BRUNO (Episode 8)
PAST Each generation has something to be thankful for. For your grandfather, it was the coming of the white men with formal education. For your father, it was Michael Jackson
SIX – 4
“Maybe you should sleep with him,” Mundi said out of the blue, as if it was the brightest, groundbreaking solution of the moment. Feeling the urge to drench him with
BEING BRUNO (Episode 7)
Previously on BEING BRUNO… * PAST There is a place where people go to when they feel like they have nowhere else to go. When they feel like humans have
SIX – 3
The heavy bass pulsed through the living room as I stepped to the beat of Nelly’s Cluck, Cluck. The blue lights in Derin’s living room gave the room a club-like
SIX – 2
When my desk phone rang around 10 am that morning, I’d sighed with relief. The report on the Sport Conference from the week before, where I’d represented my radio station,
BEING BRUNO (Episode 6)
Previously on BEING BRUNO… * PAST If your life is represented on a bar chart, with the years that had gone by lined up on the y-axis, and how happy
SIX
The red pulpy liquid splashed and settled on my groin region. I felt the wet, cool watermelon/coconut smoothie soak my cream-coloured khaki pants and my briefs. A trickle found its
BEING BRUNO (Episode 5)
Previously on BEING BRUNO: Bruno is still dealing with discovering that he is HIV Positive, and has only told his aunt, Nnedi. But then his mother knows – Nnedi betrayed
