by Kanzah | Apr 30, 2025 | Musings
The ‘’Abeg’’ Mentality and Nigeria’s Culture of No Consequence Someone committed a grievous offence in my workplace yesterday. Think: a store attendant helping a customer to steal goods from the store. Exactly! It was a serious case, and stakeholders in the team...
by Kanzah | Apr 25, 2025 | Stories
I Am Not One of Them The cleaner who found Tejiri’s body was trembling as we waited for the police to arrive. Her face, raw and flushed from years of cheap bleaching creams, looked even redder now. Yellow blotches marked her cheeks, giving her a sickly, malnourished...
by Kanzah | Apr 23, 2025 | Musings
One Day It Will Make Sense “One day it will make sense” a random fortune teller told me last week before he added that I would meet somebody who would dash me money in the new week. I said, “Amen, amen.” He went on to say it might be a foreign person, and...
by Kanzah | Apr 19, 2025 | Stories
Almost, Amal… The day I met Amal, it felt like the heavens were smiling down on me. The weather was perfect. It was July 31st. The sun was bright, but it didn’t burn, and the rain didn’t chill. My armpits weren’t itching. My nose wasn’t sweating. My hands...
by Kanzah | Apr 16, 2025 | Musings
The Art of Ass Licking also known as Famzing one’s Way to The Top It is in Nigeria you hear of someone who was a waiter at a lounge becoming a billionaire—poof!—just like that. In Nigeria, you could be selling bread today, and tomorrow you’re being courted by several...
