ONAGITE Pastor Ishi’s Redemption List to me. Tell the truth. Serve God faithfully. Regularly come for counseling. Leave James alone to live his life with Amaka. Stay away from men. Wait, back up. Is he serious? Leave James to be with Amaka? How? She’s not the mother of his child; I am! Wait, is it …
Fish Brain Clan (11) James
JAMES Nigerian mothers. They are as sweet as they are bitter. They can do anything to see you happy and successful; yet the moment you say no to them, your backside will see red. I am thirty-five years old and I can swear that I still am risk of having my backside whooped by my …
Fish Brain Clan (10) Loretta
LORETTA The red cab parked before a residential building that had a high fence and a shiny, red gate. Nothing about the house’s exterior indicated that it was a hospital; not even a post. “Oga, you sure say na dis place?” I asked the cab driver and he nodded with conviction. “I don carry plenty …
Fish Brain Clan (9) Habeeba
HABEEBA Tuesday Evening. Kaduna I walked into Baba’s room. He was seated on his bed, counting the beads on his Tesbi, praying silently. I turned away and walked back to the sitting room. It had been a long day and a very bad one. After what I went through with Kabir, all I wanted to …
Fish Brain Clan (8) Amaka
AMAKA Did somebody make me a shrink without my knowing? Abi did I suddenly become an agony aunt while I was sleeping? Ha-ahn! Throughout the day, all the women around me cried on my shoulders as if I gave a damn. The first was Miss Monica, my boss in the office. She did not mind …