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Non-Fiction Travel

#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.

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Non-Fiction

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.

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Fiction

Love was

Your world came crashing down that day. You don’t know how you survived it, how you didn’t break down and fall through the cracks. But you did it, you survived.

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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.

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Curated Content Non-Fiction

March Favorites

Short stories, articles, music and videos I enjoyed in March.