And So It Goes

Welcome to part two of snippets 😄 Don't forget, you can get the complete book from Smashwords and the Okadabooks mobile app. What do you think so far? I'm soooo curious to hear😬 ********* David looked at Ifeanyi, his long-time friend. When Sara had left for university, he’d gone to Ifeanyi’s house whenever his father…

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Knowledge VS Ignorance 🤔

My little brother was born in the month I began my secondary school leaving exams and three months later, with my exams done and his mum having to return to work, I took over his primary care. It was easy. He slept almost all the time and I only had to feed him and change…

Here We Go!

Hello everyone 😀. You may remember I shared some major news last week. As promised here's the first part of the snippets I'll be sharing. Enjoy and let me know what you think, I'd love to hear from you all! Don't forget, you can get the full book from Smashwords and the Okadabooks mobile app.…

I did it! 😱

I did it. I actually, unbelievably, not-in-my-dreams-but-reality did it! I self-published my book. An entire 26-chapter, 44,000-word work of fiction. Arrrrrghhhhh! Honestly, I still partly feel like I'm in dreamland and the other part of me is screaming that it wasn't ready to be published but... let me tell you something. I started the book…

The Ones Who Return

I wrote this in July 2019 and just came across it in my drafts. I find it difficult to quantify my sadness at this situation which has consistently worsened since then. What will the story be in another three years? Kidnapping seems to be the latest ‘business’ trend in Nigeria. Sure, it’s been steadily growing…

Create Your Happiness

Last year seemed to both go by fast and drag along at the same time. Any signs this year will be any different in that regard? There were so many moments last year... so many moments. Moments of loss, of grieving, of ordinariness, of community, of strength, of resistance, of celebration... All of these moments…

A New Beginning – 365

I was looking through my journal entries from my secondary school and university days and I was surprised by a number of things. First off, a boy from secondary school whom I barely remember ever seeing in school was crowned most handsome in the entire school by my 15-year old self. Then I travelled a…

I’ll Keep Trying

For more than a year now, I’ve been job hunting and the deeper I get into this, the more I question myself. I’ve caught myself questioning my capability to do many things. Sending tens of applications, constantly getting rejections, getting a handful of responses and almost no request for interviews can do that to a…

2020, Can We Please Stop Now😔?

It’s been an incredible ride with surprises on every turn. And no, not the good kind We’ve heard stories from our worst nightmares. We’ve had our feet pulled from under us by sudden deaths. Our shoulders have slumped with nowhere else but 6 feet below to go. Our faith has been shaken and we remain…

The Split Second Change

I bought a tab almost ten years ago. My very first tab and I bought it myself. So it was a big deal. I treated it like gold. Even though I lived in a safe city, I would put the tab beneath books, safely hidden in a drawer when I go out. One day, I…