Breaking Tables
Iya Kere was dead.Everyone looked somber, but nobody cried. Iya Kere was so old she was like that furniture in your house you always expected to see whenever you looked. She had weathered so many decades in strength and spryness that belied a youth’s; even as her children all died of old age. Wura stood […]
The godess Labia of Viginia
Godess Labia of the house of Virginia lived in an castle but on the contrary,it was not as beautiful as you picture.It was filled with rustic scraps and thorns which terrified the residents of virginia.A bloody stench filled her castle,always. The godess,demanded that all the girls in their puberty be brought to her for a […]
Losing my Smile
Female Genital Mutilation – Losing my ‘Smile’ A smile sells. A smile gets you the job. A smile gets you a friend, a lover perhaps. A smile gets you into places you could only dream of. A smile makes you memorable. But not everyone has a smile. Trust me. A smile is precious. I lost […]
CUT IN THE HEART
CUT IN THE HEART “A true woman is known by courage and endurance to pain” Mama told me the night before. As though I was having a bad dream, my eyes opened but my sight was too blurry to recognize anything. There was a pool of wetness under my body and I could smell the hard […]
A Scalpel’s Memoir
The room was dimly lit. Two hurricane lamps cast shadows of the woman on the wall of the hut as she moved about. The crickets in the surrounding bush continued their chirping. The moment she picked me up from the Sharps, I knew just why – we were doing it again. Her four attendants, who […]
Dancing with Shatan
I have never liked the darkness for one reason – it is when Shatan, the devil, and his demons come out to play. I remember every night when Mama would put out the candles before wishing us goodnight. The first few hours were always terrifying for me – I would imagine one of Shatan’s demons […]
Flames
The flames penetrated my skin-the pain so sharp l felt it in my bones,l had probably been screaming for hours because at this point no sound came out,my throat dry as a desert.The door finally cracked open and men came running in to my rescue,my legs became numb as l was lifted up and it […]
Little Girl
Because not all stories start with “once upon a time”… Once upon a time, Little Girl learnt about life as little girls do: with a lot of dreams and cherries. Little Girl would become a princess, and, with whoever would be her Prince Charming, make another little girl. However, to get, we must first give. […]
The Plaque
The day was going all right before the elders walked in and everything turned upside down. As I narrate this, I had just gone through an excruciating process. One I’m not sure I’d come out clean. If I do, you shall see me forging ahead in the world. If not, then hopefully someone finds my […]
Blade
Blade “I’ve told you before, it will be less painful if done slowly.” He said as he walked closer. I could remember vividly how she convinced my mom of how important it is for a lady to go through it to avoid future complications. And like my naive mom, she gave in after assurance of […]