Phidelia Imiegha

Travel

#AkeFest2016: Where Does Time Go?

Post author By Phidelia
Post date November 18, 2016
4 Comments on #AkeFest2016: Where Does Time Go?

Time is going by too fast. That’s the thought running through my mind when I wake up on my 3rd day at Abeokuta. I wonder how it’s the third day already.

Tags abeokuta, Ake Festival, AkeFest2016

Travel

#AkeFest2016: A Promising Beginning.

Post author By Phidelia
Post date November 16, 2016
1 Comment on #AkeFest2016: A Promising Beginning.

I recognize anxiety and I try to push my worries to the back of my mind and focus instead on meeting Lola Shoneyin and treating myself to a plate of ofada rice.

Tags abeokuta, Ake Festival, AkeFest2016

Non-Fiction

Finding My Way Back to Prayers

Post author By Phidelia
Post date September 25, 2016
13 Comments on Finding My Way Back to Prayers

Eloghosa said to me, ‘If God can’t stand to be questioned, then is he God?’ and I agree with her.

Tags faith, God, Loss, Musings

Fiction

Sister Stranger

I woke up with that feeling again today. I am drowning inside a river of sadness, desperately wanting to be saved. I’m trying hard to scream for help but I can’t find my voice. This river of sadness is my body, my life. I am drowning in myself.