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Once upon a time, at the edge of a kingdom called Amari, nestled a village known for its peaceful and harmonious way of life. Everyone lived kindly and respectfully with their neighbors. A [...]

The last month has been intense as I upgraded my professional skills in wellness and management but that is not why I am writing today’s piece. I am starting today’s piece with this information [...]

As Wura settled in for a chilly night, the last words from her husband reverberated in her mind. He’d phoned earlier that day pleading for forgiveness and promised to be home the next day to make [...]

The first time I knew you had changed shone from your response to the biology teacher’s question: Why is the reproductive system the most interesting topic in Biology? Why are both Intelligence [...]

I yearn to win on this soil from which I was formed, Just before I return to the One who created me. I do not want to be like a fruit-bearing tree, One watered during every season, But fails to [...]

In China, there is a custom that has been passed down for ages. It is called the Zhuazhou where during the one-year celebration of a baby, different items, each symbolizing a career path are [...]

Divine Okpe, the 16-year-old winner of the 2023 African Teen Writers Prize (Prose), converses with Lise Nova Berwadushime about her writing journey and creative inspirations.   [...]

It was inevitable: the putrid smell of carrion flowers often reminded me of the fate of my inner childhood. It all began on the day Papa died. I had returned from vacation from Auntie Esewie, my [...]

A cold morning is the time you wear an extra layer of clothing to work – it could be a raincoat, a sweater, or a suit but not if you work in a hospital. A health professional would wear [...]

Pray, the childhood places That now appear stark Sans shine, sans sheen – Did the years wear out the sheen Or the wool got pulled From our infantile eyes? Pray, the spaces that be now contracted [...]