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‘Pure Water’: My short story in Eclectica Magazine
My short story ‘Pure Water’ is out today in Eclectica Magazine. Read it here. I’d been going to say more but I have the weight of today’s word count hanging around my neck. (Please do NOT read it if...
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My grandfather’s house.
I’m writing a scene in my book which draws on my image of this house and it occurred to me that I was not even remembering it how it appears in this photo. I remember when the cherry bush on the...
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Uda ume : Igbo vowels
I’ve just started teaching my kid the rules of Igbo grammar and I thought I should share one of his first lessons with you. Below are the Igbo vowels with pronunciations: a – (pron. Ah) Example: ‘Aka’...
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‘Soursop’ my new short story in Apex Magazine
Hello everyone, How time flies and Happy New Year. I know, I know. I am using this site more as an archive for my work, but really can you blame me since my mother is now a follower? No, you cannot....
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Igbophilia in Amurika: ‘My Predicament’
Look, I swore to myself that there would be no ‘Hello from Amurika’ blog posts. There would be no ‘Oh look, forced-culture-shock’ posts or ‘I-am-immigrant’ posts because, let’s face it, they are boring...
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Igbophilia in Amurika: There is no tea in Amurika.
I am crying, crying, crying. For two weeks our luggage has had to sleep somewhere else while we went from place to place like a bunch of vagabonds, kipping in various Airbnb’s: East Boston, Allston,...
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Igbophilia in Amurika: What is smiling everybody in Cambridge?
I am a news-watching person, and the news tells us that Persons of Hue have a way of attracting ammunition, much like Dwight Hendrickson does. Drawing fire is apparently our Trouble, so I just open my...
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Igbophilia in Amurika: De tings dat happun.
See eh, Amurika has tired me, I won’t lie. All through last year, I had serious problems with my blood-rise-up because people with brains and anuses and freedom now went to elect Thing from the Addams...
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So, it’s almost goodbye to Harvard.
It’s been a thrilling ride, being a Nieman affiliate. I’ve enjoyed the same privileges as a fellow, part of which included access to the Nieman Foundation’s Narrative Non-fiction class run by Steve...
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So, the last we spoke, I was heading back to the UK. Did I mention with a baby in tow? Yes, I have myself a very Yankee baby but who even begged me? In this Buhari/Brexit/Trump economy I went to go and...
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