By Ebhohon Majekodunmi Oseriemen Oh, great one! Whose shadow stretches across the ocean, Whose feet do not walk, but are carried, Whose hands sign decrees written by foreign scribes! Tell us, wise one— Does the farmer feed his children by uprooting his farm? Does the river quench its thirst by drying itself to dust? Yet you say suffering is…
Just leave them abeg—don’t stress! If they don’t argue, they won’t rest. Their body will shake, their head will turn, They must talk, they must burn! You say, “It’s morning.” They say, “Who told you?” You say, “The sky is blue.” They say, “No, it’s navy blue!” You say, “The road is bad.” They say, “No, it’s worse at…
— You say I have wronged you. You say I have taken what was not mine, that my hands have strayed where they should not, that my power has become my pleasure, that my will turned your silence into chains. — Ah, but let the elders decide! Let them open their wise old eyes, let them look into my…
For Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan You call me predator— but tell me, little goat, did you not wander too close? Did you not dare to speak when silence was safer? The night has rules. The tall trees whisper them. The rivers murmur them. Even the wind—soft and knowing— hums the old wisdom: “When the hyena grins, the goat must bow.”…
(for Kemi Bad Knock) “Madam, I see your face on telly— Black, but not quite. White, you insist. A misprint of melanin, you say, A clerical error on your birth certificate.” I paused. She beamed. “THIS, YOU SEE, IS NOT BLACKNESS,” She pinched her skin, angled it to the light. “OBSERVE, AT NOON, IT BLUSHES WHITE— AN ACCIDENT OF…
Africans in centuries past used to be immune to basic infectious based diseases such as smallpox. The people of the Yoruba kingdom and that of the Kingdom of Dahomey invoked the healing and immunizing powers of the Sopona or Babalú Aye and Sakpata deities (god of smallpox) over these periods (Oripelaye et al, 2016). Many West and Central African…
The FCT Police Command says it is not aware of an alleged N180 million fraud case linked to a Non-Governmental Organization owned by popular social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan (VDM). In a video shared via Instagram on Friday, Otse claimed his NGO’s account was hacked, resulting in the theft of over N180 million. According…
Duration: 20 to 30 Minutes Playwright: Patrick Majekodunmi Benjamin Opening Scene: The Damaged Creek (Present Day) A heavy, suffocating silence blankets the creek, once brimming with life, broken only by the sporadic drip of oil from a rusting pipeline. A battered white jerry-can floats by, spinning lazily. Its design—two V-shaped patterns, one blue and the other red, stacked upon…
Netflix Nigeria recently tweeted that they are “going nowhere,” which is in response to speculation about the company’s plans to leave the country. This clarification comes amidst a variety of rumors about Netflix’s investment and future in Nigeria. The rumor started after reports from some social media users claimed that the streaming giant had canceled its Nigerian Originals and…
Once upon a time, in the era of Tinubu,When hunger wore agbada and danced in the streets,There lived a man—let’s call him Ojo the Dreamer,Whose belly was a drum that never ceased to beat. Ojo, weary of garri and watery soup,Decided one day to eat like the chiefs.So, he strolled to “Chop Life Restaurant,”Where food looked like art, and…
The Great Delusion invites you into a…
By Ebhohon Majekodunmi Oseriemen We are disruptors,…
By Ebhohon Majekodunmi Oseriemen ‘Dewole, listen well!For…
