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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Nigeria Writer: Okoro (1)

By Felix Brambaifa He was merry,his blood boiling hot and he rubbed hands in sweet expectation.The women welcomed him. He sat down feeling important, his eyes was constantly fixed on Agnes who had long rushed to his side since his arrival. She smiled and talked little but in all she showed the very signals of excitement that he had...

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Nigerian Writer: Miserable

Felix Brambaifa The cry of the miserable Is like the whispers in a waste land Its strength determine, but feeble And so hope is impossible to find There, exists only the feel of desolation Of the kind, akin only to despair The will to survive clouded in confusion For the agony of loneliness brings fear The shadow...

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Nigerian Writer: Love Embrace

By Felix Brambaifa I will wrap you in warm embrace And evoke emotions in pleasurable ways To make each moment a tale of its own To prove that love can sometimes be written on stone Together our chapters shall break bounds Transgressing beyond limits and confines To speak for itself where love is no more Erupting the...

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