Tag "Love"
MARK AND ME
I used to think very lowly of gay Nigerians who recounted kito experiences they’ve been through because I thought these people were stupid and too desperate for sex, and for
LETTERS TO MY FUTURE HUSBAND
Dear Future Husband, My name is Awele, in my early thirties, a middle-class professional, 5ft 11” tall, with toned skin. I consider my straight long legs that hold up my
DOWN LOW (EPISODE 12)
Previously on Down Low… * Martin woke with a start to find Ayo regarding him with an unreadable expression from his perch on an armchair across from the L-shaped couch
NOT JUST A STORY (Part 2)
Previously on NOT JUST A STORY… * “Are you now sleeping with men?” Mother had asked. The words startled me as a wave of guilt crashed about inside me. I stared
NOT JUST A STORY
“Are you now sleeping with men?” Mother asked. I spun around in shock, dropping the knife I was using to chop carrots. The question hit me so hard, that for
Call Me Selfish
I wanted someone to love but I didn’t go looking I wanted it to find me. And then you found me. But you weren’t it You looked like it You
ONE STEP AT A TIME (Episode 1)
I call him Cherie and that makes him blush. He can get on my last nerve, making me want to rip off his epiglottis sometimes. But then he always has
BLACK AS DARKNESS, WHITE AS DAY
Previously on THIS STORY: I was set up on Friday, lured to my entrapment, beaten and relieved of my possessions, and thereafter, got ‘saved’ by the SARS police, only to
ONE STEP AT A TIME: By Melvyn & Carl
We’re in love, Melvyn and I. And we want to share bits of our happiness. Updates of our life together. We will be taking turns to write this series. I’m
ENTRIES OF MY HEART
Dear Diary, I saw him today. He’d stopped by the window as I was trying to cram cases for my Law of Contract exam. He smiled at me, his lips
