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Leonell EchaSeptember 6, 2017

I starred with teary anger at the plate of beans Sike dropped on the ragged mat. “What it is this?” I asked her, choking back the angry tears that welled up from the hungry depths of my stomach. The beans must have been the capital city of weevils in the neighborhood. They had big crack […]

Leonell EchaFebruary 13, 2017

Like unwanted weeds irritation grew within me. “Submissions for the anthology of poetry were requested from junior secondary school students only.” Leon explained the reason why disqualified had appeared above the poem submitted by a Senior Secondary School literature student of mine. “The poem could have been exempted from competing moreover there are more appropriate […]

Leonell EchaFebruary 8, 2017

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The end of the world for me meant writing my final examinations, and finishing secondary school. Two years after my senior school certificate exam I majored in the arts. Arts for me represented a world without restrictions. A world in which I was free to explore and recreate myself as a warrior or king like […]

Leonell EchaOctober 12, 2016

It was 6:00am as she heard the buzzing sound of her alarm device. “wake up sexy, it’s a beautiful day, ” it said. She set that as her wake-up tone to give her a little push and motivation to start the day with. Though she knows it’s completely false; it’s not gonna be a good, […]

Leonell EchaSeptember 30, 2016

So he viewed his reflection Water dripping down from his hair to his bare back down to his feet. It’s been a long run, running only in his mind. Hands strong. Veins popped out, palms sweating, chest pounding, heart beating faster then konga drums. Covered in scented petals, scarlet cream and all trying to figure […]

Leonell EchaSeptember 16, 2016

I sighed as i dried my husband’s clothes, it seems the whole residents of the estate washed today. The drying ropes were burdened with clothes. I look around the estate like i was seeing it for the first time. The old railways dragged across the estate, giving the environment a metallic look of abandonment yet […]

Leonell EchaSeptember 8, 2016

Once upon a time in the land of a little while, two pillars stood between the Grebs and the Tragrebs. Fire burned through the heart of the pile of their truce pages. Their maidens were raped, murdered and cremated. Their husbands buried with life to resurrect in the after life. Their sons were taken and […]

Leonell EchaSeptember 6, 2016

The wind seemed to be in constant battle with the helpless trees, it roared in muffled tones, announcing the coming of the rain. Oba Lanla paced his royal chamber with reluctant ease. The wooden themed room was plunged into soft darkness, mirroring the clouds. He gazed at the window and sharply turned to his new […]

Leonell EchaSeptember 4, 2016

Today would have been more memorable if Dorian had showed up. The way she ended the conversation last night made it impossible to point an accusing finger. She had apologized a thousand times and lit the candles she put out in my heart. She’d promised to make it up twice better than her pastor promised […]

Leonell EchaSeptember 2, 2016

Janad was still trying to make love to his blindness. He hated reality, most of all, he hated the darkness that lurked in his eyes. He thought of Leila and how she made life darker with her words and decision. “My father said i can’t marry a man without windows, its a curse on the […]

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