THE VOICE IN THE DESERT

• JUST GEOGRAPHY From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (246 days old)

  A class in geographyNigeria is a ponderously large country—in land mass and in every other sense. But you’d never know it, cooped up as you are in one little corner of the country. We all … more

• yellow alert for my sallah self From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (427 days old)

  You will not get a photograph to seal the moment. But the memory will linger like a distinct yet fading daguerreotype, sealed into your heart long after the old white-and-black has ceased to be fash… more

• happy sallah From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (427 days old)

  On the first day of Christmas, my dear lord said to me....yaddah, yaddah, yaddah... We all know that song, or some parts of it anyway, and the feelings it evokes. Imagine my feelings when last n… more

• IS THIS FANBLOODYTASTIC? From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (507 days old)

  Swearing (in some languages, chiefly English) has the power to shock a listener into paying attention. But this can only when it is used carefully. When speech is unnecessarily sprinkled with … more

• The F-word is lovely, just fan-bloody.tastic From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (508 days old)

  Swearing (in some languages, chiefly English) has the power to shock a listener into paying attention. But this can only when it is used carefully. When speech is unnecessarily sprinkled with swearing… more

• IS THIS ANOTHER WELCOME BACK? From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (522 days old)

  Hello, hi, chodiye, jai mata di chodiye. I’ve never known exactly what that means but I’ve always wanted to use it. I guess this could go for another welcome-back entry on this blog. I re… more

• filadelfia From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (659 days old)

  She always saw death in the blue ocean. Drifting beneath the water surface was like floating in the air. Free. Boundless. The underwater beauty was breathtaking. Reaching through the fl… more

• son From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (659 days old)

  Feeling the stir, D’Onah looks down at the sleeping figure in the bed. He smiles his welcome-back-to-earth smile. Nari slowly opens her eyes. It has been thirty-seven hours since the surgeon… more

• TANGO From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (659 days old)

  “The problem with being the strong-and-silent type is that everyone rides roughshod over you.” “I have a faint, very faint niggling suspicion that you may be referring tome.” “Who else?” “I wis… more

• Govt car snatched, robber shot From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (686 days old)

  The Special Anti Robbery Squad in Edo State on Friday recovered a vehicle belonging to the state government from a two-man robbery gang after a shootout which left a gangmember near dead in Ekpo… more

• welcome back From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (686 days old)

  i don't know whether this is actually right, but i feel the title of this particular post should be what i have written above. welcome back because i have been away for a whole year in the heart of… more

• POSTMARK PAIKO (FULL VERSION): I SPENT 21 BRUTAL DAYS ON A MILITARTY TRAINING AND ORIENTATION CAMP SERVING NIGERIA. THIS IS THE RECORD OF THOSE DAYS! From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (898 days old)

  DAY 1 The N-word Is the moon different in Niger? First time I saw it in niger, it was before six in the evening and it was already full and round. I ask forgiveness if I expected it to be differen… more

• ALL WE WANT FOR CHRISTMAS, FORMERLY DESIRE From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (1407 days old)

  There was a loud bang outside. It wasn’t right outside the window, but I knew it would have come from the next street. The gang was loud enough o have scared some people, because at that instant Gla… more

• ALL WE WANT FOR CHRISTMAS, From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (1407 days old)

  There was a loud bang outside. It wasn’t right outside the window, but I knew it would have come from the next street. The gang was loud enough o have scared some people, because at that instant Gla… more

• FAT DECEMBER PART 9 From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (1590 days old)

  It was 1:06. Christmas morning. The crank phone call was no crank. But the man poured out his soul. Browne listened patiently until he became irritated. “I am going to do better than throw you out of … more

• FAT DECEMBER PART 8 From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (1590 days old)

  Fear socked him in the vitals when he couldn’t find her in the cabin one afternoon. The few days he’d spent with her, secluded among the mountains, had been pure heaven. Now he saw hell. He shouted he… more

• FAT DECEMBER PART 7 From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (1590 days old)

  Companionship. Novelty. Unpredictability. They made up for everything. Days ran. Nights crawled. She was a changed woman. Suddenly nothing seemed to matter anymore but the unknown, unforeseen present.… more

• FAT DECEMBER PART 6 From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (1590 days old)

  Browne looked at the phone, expecting the call again and again. “Do you think they will keep to their word?” he asked. Approaching him Eman pushed a fortifying glass half filled with brandy into h… more

• FAT DECEMBER PART 5 From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (1590 days old)

  She did. Twenty-nine kilometers later. Half an hour later. In a little roadside church. Officiated by a thin-voiced minister in grey suit and dog collar. It felt heady, liberating. No plan, no tho… more

• FAT DECEMBER PART 4 From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (1590 days old)

  Browne was sure of it as she led her down the aisle on Saturday. The cathedral wasn’t full; only family and friends from Browne & Eman made the congregation. He felt pride rush through him as he l… more

• FAT DECEMBER PART 3 From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (1590 days old)

  The car screeched to a halt in front of the stadium. Without a doubt she knew who the maroon car belonged to even before Eman beckoned to her the way he would ten years ago when he would drive to he… more

• FAT DECEMBER PART 2 From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (1590 days old)

  Eryka shut the painted steel door of the locker and gasped as a pair of hands caught around her. A rough-haired chin nuzzled her neck from behind. “Lannap, what are you doing? This is the ladies’ f… more

• FAT DECEMBER PART 1 From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (1590 days old)

  From the waist down he was breathtaking. Poised high on the lip of the diving board, he looked like a sea god come to play, Neptune in swimming trunks. Both arms stretched out beside him, and then l… more

• FAT DECEMBER From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (1590 days old)

  WHAT IS THE WORST THING THAT COULD EVER HAPPEN TO A GIRL ON CHRISTMAS EVE? FAT DECEMBER. FAT DECEMBER IS A STORY, ONE OF THE FIRST I EVER WROTE IN MY LIFE WHILE TRYING MY HANDS AT SHORT STORIES.… more

• CHILDREN OF VENGEANCE From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (1614 days old)

  “What did you just say?” asked Edwin in a wheezy voice, made so be disbelief. He came out of the police station on the morning his bail was arranged, accompanying his wife home. “I said what you hear… more

• DAUGHTER OF WOMAN From sanjules in THE VOICE IN THE DESERT (1614 days old)

  Mabel took off the padlock, grabbed the door handle and pulled. The wooden double doors swung open with a creak. With one foot she moved the wedge into place. Inside the shop, in eight neat rows, … more

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