The Ladies at the White Board – A Memoir Excerpt by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema
PART 1 When I walked into the then staff room of the Junior School arm of St. Gregory’s College, Lagos, for the first time, I had an open mind. I had no preconceived ideas about what to expect. I have...
View ArticleA Blue Stocking’s Love – A Story by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema
Perhaps it would be dishonest to begin by stating that I never planned that it should happen. This is because at the back of my mind, that mysterious depthless fathom Sigmund Freud christened the...
View ArticleFuel Romance – A Short Story by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema
Jane was upfront. ‘You wan do? 20 LITERS OF PETROL.’ Ogba could not believe his ears. He looked at this 21st century Nigerian reincarnation of Cleopatra; her almost bare breasts threatening to smash...
View ArticleA Paean to the Son of Idoto: My Thoughts about Christopher Okigbo
I might as well admit it at the beginning: I am no poet. Although I have scribbled some lines over the years, whether they stand up to poetic standards is in the lap of the Muse. Going by the...
View ArticleThe Final Song: A Short Story by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema
They say music has power, enormous power. As a professional I wholeheartedly subscribed to that view; even taught it to my students in class and could easily cite the Biblical story of how David’s...
View ArticleOn the Line: A Short Story by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema
Chidi Kazie was my best friend. We first met in JSS1 at St. Finbarr’s College, Akoka, Yaba. That was the day our fathers came to complete our registration formalities. One gaze at each other and the...
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