Title- Ghana Must Go Author- Taiye Selasi Year of Publication- 2013 Genre- Fiction Introduction Taiye Selasi’s first is an intriguing story. A tale of a family’s struggle for ‘connection’ after their father left (which is exactly the opposite of what happens when fathers walk away from their family). It is a very captivating story once …
CHAPTER 1: TO WHOM I MAY CONCERN (A PRAYER FOR YOU) Hi, I’m ‘Fikayo. To whom I may concern or to whomever is reading this… When the time comes for introspection, when the time comes for you to look intimately into the intricacies called your life, I hope the questions you find don’t scare the …
Of plastic Of plastic I’m plastic I’m vulnerable. When the stories were written, they’ve always stated that a man’s strength lies in his lack of an obvious weakness. A man is a rock, strong and unbendable. A Knight with a bloody armour rescuing princesses from raging monsters. A man, the stories have always said, a …
Maybe Uncertain How do I live now? Maybe Uncertain How do I live with the ifs, whens and hows? The road goes on and on But I can’t see past my nose There’s a long way to go But I’m a blind man on this road A blind man, I am, only with my eyes …
For some weird reason, on a rainy Tuesday I agreed to go the market with my mum. Let me explain why this is quite weird on all levels. Going to the market in and of itself isn’t so bad, however, going with my mother was choosing to wait while she haggles about the prices and …
CHAPTER 1: YOU HAVE SOME SECOND CHANCES? I’D LIKE TO BORROW THOSE On the 10th of January, 2019, I published ’24: The Article’. I’ve made it a custom to write an article on my birthday. In some way it helps me reflect on the past year, the mistakes, the wins and the losses. More importantly …
CHAPTER 1: GLIMMERS OF LIGHT Sometime last year, a friend asked if I had any experience with depression and if I did, could I write something about it, something about how I have coped with it or how I overcame it in a bid to encourage others who might be struggling with depression. For most …