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you won’t find lime, oranges, nor breadfruits: but an array of black bodies carted away from their homes by local chiefs, awaiting to be handpicked like cotton by colonizers for trinkets or [...]

His death chilled me to the bones. Was it the compact layers or the spongy layers of my bones? I couldn’t discern. Not because I do not want to, but because I chose not to. My father, as a [...]

Growing up, albinism was never really something I thought about. My childhood was a happy blur of playing outside, laughing with friends, and dreaming about the future—just like any other kid. My [...]

I sat looking at the blank page on my laptop; that blinking cursor was relentless, almost mocking me as if I could not put pen to paper. At 24, one would expect me to have ideas racing through my [...]

E. Joseph Cossman once said, “The greatest power is often simple patience.” I concur wholeheartedly, as this principle was embodied in the way my father built our home. As a child, I remember [...]

Aba. 22nd, July, 1998. Papa burnt down Mama’s farm the day we left. It had rained heavily on the night Mama had finally asked for a divorce. She had called me the previous evening, her voice [...]

One. The absence of peace Even before she passed away like the sun in a wet season, her life wasn’t tranquil. My mother was a psychologically tortured woman. A harassed woman and of course [...]

Reaching out my tainted hands Empty of purity Discord, my identity Eclipsed by the world and ‘of the World’, Mundane… my priority. Prints of destruction Taking a toll on my soul In all of this, [...]

“Redemption is the pathway that is trailed by perpetual light. -Thompson Emate   Freedom from the night Walking towards the light Darkness seeks for the escaped souls It’s like running on [...]

I spent my life in a haze, a suspended animation With every breath taking me farther from the surface And every sigh pulling me deeper into the void.   I never had grand ambitions, nor did I [...]