Unilag runs girl (21)
A CLOSE SHAVE, LIGHT IN THE LUNATIC’S EYES AND A CYCLE OF REJECTION Rita spent the night with James, the London-based lawyer she had been seeing for the last six months. He visited her the previous evening, the British Airways tags still on the handles of the luggage that lined the boot of the taxi […]
Unilag runs girl (20)
THE UNCLE AND A NIGHT WITH DANIEL They sat tightly packed together in the overcrowded classroom, eight of them on aged desks made for two people. They were bent over their open notebooks, their elbows jutting out and jabbing each other’s sides. Above them the rusted fan creaked and spun in slow, laborious circles, stirring […]
Unilag Runs Girl (19)
HAZARDS OF THE JOB AND A SECOND DATE The girl sat cross-legged on the middle bar stool, the hem of her dress pushed precariously to the top of her thighs. Her eyes fell expectantly on the groups of men standing and talking loudly in groups around the bar. Every now and then she pursed her […]