Nigeria Writer: Ekadi Three

By Felix Brambaifa She waited for them to come. Her anger was now like the beauty of the insane. Days had passed since her first attempt at bringing justice with her own hands. Ekadi was a good runner, it was easy admitting to that fact even though she hated the taste of it. There was a time she had felt her heart rejoice,...

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Nigerian Writer: Ekadi Two

Felix Brambaifa The compound had never seen peace nor would ever understand the benefits it could bring. Every day was with its own troubles; troubles always caused by women, women too hungry to bring them into being.   Ever since Ekadi had seen the need to become tenant in this compound and actually taken the...

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Nigerian Writer: Silent miracle

By Felix Brambaifa Your acceptance meant more Than life ever gave More than the darkness of before But like the light I do now crave You became life’s greatest anticipation Like dry lands after Noah’s flood And to my hopes, you became manifestations As if you had become my own god Little is what words can express For...

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Nigerian Writer: If Then

Felix Brambaifa If circumstance were permanent Then suicide would become choice If God to prayers remain silent Then on his grace I rest my curse If fates were written on stone Then the purpose of life is scorn If what we reap is what we have sown Then why do children fall before a gun If tears must fall each time...

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Nigerian Writer: Ekadi Part one

Felix Brambaifa By Felix Brambaifa     As a child he had lacked the financial means that would have made education accessible, added to this failure his parents were the sort who because of poverty had gone the whole mile of weaving ridiculous lies of how school was very unnecessary, a ploy enacted...

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Nigerian Writer: Unchained

Felix Brambaifa By Felix Brambaifa My heart is set on purpose Your remorse before it is frail Ours is now like a withered rose Onto death its destiny must sail Take with you the memories Whether sweet or bitter, its yours For me, they inflict great miseries Reminder, your love became a curse Not a moment for thoughts of...

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Nigerian Writer: Okoro (5) The Final Part

Felix Brambaifa By Felix Brambaifa  He cried, the tears fell and his voice was enough measurement of the grief within.  It no longer mattered what his supposed future in-laws would think so he cried out her name, as his tears laid emphasis on the reason why his life had become so sad. The compounds in the area gathered, their...

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Nigerian Writer: Okoro (4)

By Felix Brambaifa   By the time he returned the night sky had gone dark. He smelled of alcohol and his breath was a murderer in its own right, his eyes were dark as red and his inside cried in rage. He entered without knocking; he looked around at their troubled faces before asking. “Where is she?”   Mama Agnes could...

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Nigerian Writer: Okoro (3)

   By Felix Brambaifa   He sneezed and his eyes watered. She looked at him and could see the old days, when men worshiped her services and were ready to pay so their heads could become heavy and lazy to think properly. But like every other human endeavor with a life span the Shop suddenly became a thing of the past. Okoro...

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Nigerian Writer: Okoro (2)

  By Felix Brambaifa   He had waited for too long, she had been gone for almost an hour and it dampened his mood. She had grown big and beautiful and it was not strange admirers would come in their drove. He was happy to see the changes but hated the discomforts that came with it. He was angry.   Back then he was way...

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