Month: May 2023
Ogbanje episode 8
Øgbanjé. Part 8. My husband was discharged from the hospital the next day. We went back to the house. Our house became unusually quiet. The usual midnight jokes my husband and I usually shared was abruptly stopped. The smiles, the laughter, the hugs, the kisses, the compliments… Everything met their premature dèath. Nothing interesting was […]
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Øgbanjé. Part 7. “My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?”. It wasn’t Jesus shouting this time around. It was me. I was frustrated…no! I was already at the end of myself. “Where do I go from here? Where do I start from? Haven’t I been praying enough? Haven’t I fasted enough?”. I was […]
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Øgbanjé. Part 6 The first night after we returned Obiageli back to the orphanage, my husband and I slept like babies. We wrapped ourselves together like teenage lovers. The night was peaceful and calm. I woke up early the next morning to prepare breakfast and get husband’s clothes ready for him. We ate breakfast together […]
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Øgbanjé. Part 5 “In the mighty name of Jesus, I cast you out”. The pastor shouted. “Amen!”. My mom and I chorused. Obiageli began to crawl on the floor. Her eyes were wide opened. She looked so scary and dangerous. “Leave this body now!!”. The pastor shouted. He brought out a bottle of Holy water. […]
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Øgbanjé. Part 4. My husband and the other injured passengers were rushed to a nearby hospital. My husband was placed on life support because he couldn’t breathe on his own. “Obim please don’t dîe. I can’t do life without you”. I sobbed bitterly. Obiageli sat close to me calmly. Outwardly, she looks like an innocent […]
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Øgbanjé. Part 3. “Honey, I think Obiageli is possessed for real”. I cried to my husband. “How can you say such about a child you claim to love?”. my husband questioned me in disbelief. “I love her, I still do. With everything happening, I can’t call it a mere coincidence. The principal lost her life […]
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Øgbanjé. Part 2. My pregnancy was already two months old. I was advised not to stress myself to avoid having a mîscárriage. Obiageli was already in nursery one. My pregnancy didn’t stop me from taking care of her. I still loved and cherished her because I see her as my lucky charm. No matter what […]
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Ogbanje by Judith Onyoyibo
Øgbanjé. Part 1 “Your womb has been tied by spiritual forces. You can’t get pregnant until you appease your Chi. Adopt a child”. A mad woman said to me on my way to the market. She even tried touching me and I kept on running away from her. “Madam hearken to her words. Sometimes the […]
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The midnight encounter episode 2
He was parked on the side of the road now, with C Caution in place, trying to make calls, but no one was picking up. He felt chilly, and he didn’t know if it was the cool breeze from the Lekki lagoon that was responsible for that or the fear of being robbed. He always […]
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The midnight encounter
The Midnight Encounter By Olumide Odusanya It was 5:35am on a Friday morning and traffic on Ozumba Mbadiwe road in Lagos was building up. Fancy air-conditioned company buses, public buses, and private cars kept switching lanes every now and then, trying to get to their destinations faster. Just by the bridge that linked Victoria Island […]
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