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The Disco Bash (Short Story)
It was the late 90’s to the early side of the 2000’s, the era of faded jeans, the Walkman paving way for the disc man and the trend of jazzy youth ‘luxing‘ in Freetown. One of the features in hailing from a family filled with older brothers and cousins is their knack of grilling, teasing and being initiated into a rite of never ending stories.
In the rare times I was granted permission to be in…
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Shades of Love
Photography by Kamanda Koroma, “Leicester Peak“.
Listen; even if rainbows were to forget to postlude storms; or sunsets the profane cains
of days; or dew to wash away
the sins of flowers when dawn
breathes upon us; or the dead
to ascend into the promised Heavens
I will never forget to bathe you
With these three words; banal they may seem, but they are yours from the deepest parts of me; the…
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The Opioid Trail: Tramadol Abuse in Sierra Leone
It was a bright day with blue skies, sunny with just the right amount of soft winds. One of the rare blessings of residing in the coastal city of Freetown in the dry season is the beautiful weather at that time of the year. I was riding shotgun, a friend at the wheel, a Drake song blaring on the stereo.
Destination: Tokeh Beach.
Stuck for over half an hour in the notorious traffic jam between…
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Prometheus as a Role Model.
I have always had a fascination with Greek mythology. Of course for most the pantheon of Olympian deities hold sway, yet for me the primordial Titan, Prometheus held an unwavering respect in my mind. Here was a being who sided against his kind, chose to fight on the side of Zeus and then went on to defy the orders of the mighty thunderbolt fiend by giving fire to mankind. This is not a piece on…
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MASKS
I once journeyed to a land where memories and emotions could be bought. It’s denizens woke up as familiar strangers to their neighbours every morning. Ah! Such joy for new beginnings. I purchased a few smiles here and a tranquil package there; coated with vintage pills of fleeting nostalgia. When it was time to depart, I knew not who I was or where I was heading. An etched smile and a hollow…
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