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CHAPTER 11 The Nkpani warriors were swimming vigorously across the river towards the Nko-rians. They had left their guns behind – no point carrying guns with empty cartridges. Their machetes were tucked in their waist straps so as not to slow their pace. * [...] Read More THE BATTLE OF TIMKPO (11) ‘Knock, knock’… That was the sound that woke me up that morning. It was so gentle and soft yet loud enough to being me back from dreamland. At first I thought is was part of my dream but after a few more gentle knocks that sounded like the sound of a foam being hit on the mouth of a pot, a common musical instrument from the eastern part of Nigeria, I realised I had returned to the real world… [...] Read More Love In Gamawa (1) Chapter Two The road to the stream was a long, winding one. There was a shorter path, but it went through the thick, forbidding Ukwe forest. Noni thought to herself that it was not yet so dark, though the sun was fast retreating. Besides, [...] Read More Ravagers II - The Drinker …1PM. Read More Love in Gamawa (3) 9
The Okigbo sat by the steps of his home, a look of worry on his face. He rapped his left foot intermittently on the ground in a patient wait for his only child and daughter. [...] Read More The love of the masquerader (9) CHAPTER 9 It was getting close to thirty minutes since the Nko warriors left the village. They took the Nkpawen root into the forest. At the moment, they were close to ‘Epogho.’ Epogho was a small river in the forest of Nko. It used [...] Read More THE BATTLE OF TIMKPO (9 & 10) CHAPTER 8 The Nkpani police department is a very small unit with a dozen officers. The most superior officer was Inspector Gabon. Inspector Gabon was a short, fat man, with a slight on the shoulder. He was posted to Nkpani a few years back [...] Read More THE BATTLE OF TIMKPO (8) — NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: You know, it is never ever good for a writer to go against what he or she has written. And that is what I am doing right now [refer to FAVOURITE-BOOK DILEMMA (and then some), the very first phrase [...] Read More The love of the masquerader (8) |
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