by Kanzah | Nov 18, 2025 | Musings
To the Emerging Nigerian Writer, This Is the Time to Write! There is a jingle that was part of my childhood. The tune lives in my head but the lyrics goes thus; No water No light No food o, No work! No Melecine for hospital, fake melecine nah ihn go dey No *****(I...
by Kanzah | Nov 4, 2025 | Musings
America Is Not the Saviour Nigeria Needs! They say America wants to invade Nigeria and rescue us from the continuous killings that have ravaged the country for over a decade. Apparently, someone in the Pentagon just realized that the “freedom ceremonies” for repentant...
by Kanzah | Oct 29, 2025 | Stories
A Little More Beauty It will start like a harmless comment. A passing joke. About how your nose has taken over half of your face. They will ask if your mother forgot to massage and sculpt it with hot towel when you were a baby so it could be more aquiline like hers....
by Kanzah | Oct 10, 2025 | Musings
Seriously, Are We Getting Dumber? I knew it was time to declare a state of emergency on my well-being when I caught myself doom-scrolling on TikTok repeatedly, without even pausing to take in the videos I was swiping through. I realized things had taken a turn for the...
by Kanzah | Oct 6, 2025 | Musings
Don’t Save Her, She Don’t Wanna Be Saved! Like your typical women’s rights hawker, I am always available to carry women’s rights on my head. I go hard for my womennnnnnnnn because if I do not, who will? Up Femco! However, when it comes to women’s wrongs, I...
by Kanzah | Sep 26, 2025 | Stories
An Area Boy Named Segun Sniper Dem call us pikin of the devil. Even di mama wey dey sell me pelebe last week dey look me like na me tif the bulb wey dey front of her shop. I no be devil pikin, nah life turn me bad. My name na Oluwasegun Kuforiji and I am boda adugbo...
by Kanzah | Sep 23, 2025 | Musings
Even Good Men Want Sex It was great existing in the idealistic world where we were trained as girls to keep ourselves for marriage. Never allow a boy to hold our hands so we would not get pregnant. Make sure to close our legs while seated so we would not be seen as...
by Kanzah | Sep 16, 2025 | Musings
I Have Decided to Quit My Job And Carry Gun: Ask me Anything NB: This is an unserious, satire or metaphorical piece or watchamacallit. The author has no intent to commit violence. This is a purge and one of the many rantings she does because of her frustration with...
by Kanzah | Sep 10, 2025 | Stories
We Need To Talk About Kenny My mother-in-law said something was wrong with Kenny the day she visited us in the hospital to check on the twins. I could barely hear her, I was hurting, aching, cramping and irritable. My breasts were sore, constantly irritated by the...
by Kanzah | Aug 26, 2025 | Stories
This is Superstory… This is superstory. It is very easy for you to tell me you will give me $5 million this evening and get me a brand-new 2024 G-Wagon the morning after. You can also say you will buy me shares in Apple worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and...
