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NYSC is full of experiences. ‘Missing’ is a work of fiction woven around the lives of ‘Corpers’ and explores friendship, independence politics & adventure.
In a fleeting moment of curiousity, a female National Youth service Corps member is abducted. In the days that follow, she and her friends uncover a mind boggling conspiracy.
Set in Benin – Nigeria, Missing is a thrilling story that keeps you riveted till the end.
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“Honest art will open the doors of more than a few hearts, and this is a fact recognised by Ada Esom. In ‘A Collection of Golden Poetry’, the Dark Fiction and Astrology enthusiast reels out eleven poems that explore the human condition from a more internal perspective. In this body of work, the author of ‘Daemoniac’ and ‘All She Wrote’ talks about life from the lens of a jaded lover, a lonely soul, a scared youngster and a long-silenced woman.
“‘Maleficent’ takes after a fantasy movie from years prior but could just as well be illustrating the image of a no-nonsense woman, ‘Sixteen Candles’ is a poem about yearning for an absent lover, ‘The Ghosts of Yesterday’ tells the story of an individual caught in the vice grip of painful past memories, while ‘Gleeful Captive’ and ‘Unabashedly Yours, Truly’ put in succinct detail what it means to fall hard in love even in the face of uncertainty.”
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Enkare Review's Complicity in JEKWU ANYAEGBUNA'S Little Entertainment Centre. "I’ve written letters to all the queer communities I know asking them to identify with my peculiar sexuality but I’ve been roundly rejected.Why can’t I become as free as a peacock that roams...
"You're a Badass How to Stop Doubting your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life."Jen Sincero Admittedly, the book title is a little bit cheesy. If someone asked what I was reading, I'd just show them the title and leave them to grapple with whatever thoughts...
Lami had wanted to tell her mother that she thought it was pitiful, this continuous mourning of a man who left his wife and two-year old daughter for another woman.
One evening in February a few men were congregated around a fire set burning upon a tyre, wood and several other debris. They belonged to a small division of the Biafran army and were awaiting commands to trudge forward. Their gray uniforms were worn old beyond the...
W It was Don Marquis who likened the publication of a volume of verse to dropping rose petals down the Grand Canyon and waiting on an echo. A chapbook is a small assemblage of poems, usually no more than 40 pages. It often centers on a precise theme, such as travel...
The Winner for the Dec 2018, Freedom Magazine Awards is finally unveiled!
Orekelewa, Look at you. Shining like a beacon even in the melee. With a body as lithe as Tay Iwar's video star. Unaware that always dressing as if going to a soiree, only makes that shade of black shine brighter. Elejetutu, You move with the natural grace of a dolphin...
CHARACTER PERSONALITY (2) We get from our previous post that Personality is the sum total of the way an individual feels or thinks towards a particular subject. We also trail the path that we can reveal the personality of our characters via their...
THE CHARACTER'S PERSONALITY (1) Personality refers to individual characteristic, patterns of thinking, feeling and mannerisms. That is, understanding how the various parts of a character come together. It’s important to understand how you reveal the personality of...
MEANT TO FLY You watch the woman who has come for her therapy sessions roam round your office not saying anything. You would let her come to your office anytime she wanted to let off steam. You knew that she was holding so much in and it was no good to her mental...
