I looked around perplexed. It was scary and unbelievable at the same time. Where had they all gone? The vigil had ended a little past three in the morning and each of us found semi comfortable spots to lay our heads till dawn when we would be able to go home. Carefully I got up […]
“You are also a lie?!” Ada screamed in desperation at the receiver on the other end of the phone. Tears trickling uncontrollably down her face, she disconnected the call. Amidst sobs, she bent over to straighten her gown which had now folded above her knees. She almost forgot she was on the Third Mainland Bridge.
The people of Ilogbo now hated me,it was an undisputable fact because I had caused their soon to be king to serve an undeserved term in the evil forest.I definitely could not wait in their midst for Olu’s return. So,the next morning before cock crow,I left Ilogbo with my siblings;they were all I could
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My name is Ewapipe (meaning complete beauty) but there was nothing complete or beautiful about me as I sat in the village square of Ilogbo, drenched in my own blood from sores all over my body and watched Olu being led away to the evil forest, I could not stop wondering “Am I worth this
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