DEEVA DEN DIARIES

Eight year old Elizabeth was used to seeing women come and go in her father’s life. She was the fourth child. Her three older brothers had been borne to her father by three different women, her mother being the fourth. …

As the sun glistened in the afternoon sky, Sale walked into his wife’s eating place with a young maiden carrying a few bundles of clothing. Omolara, the eldest of nine children rushed out to greet her father and his guest …

I’ve often wondered about the mad man I see walking naked on the street. He rummages through rubbish bins. After he has eaten his fill of the decaying rubbish, he lies by the side of the road, under the glaring …

I was nursing my three month old son one day, when I noticed two wall geckos chasing each other on my wall. “What!” I exclaimed to myself, “enough already, this is my fifth baby!” Then I remembered the promise I …

We come from a land where the hills overlook vast grassland; The Rain Forest with the palm trees and strong timber A place where maidens play in the river and fetch water home to their families; Of rich soil and …

We come from a land where the hills overlook vast grassland; The rain forest with the palm trees and strong timber A place where maidens play in the river and fetch water home to their families; Of rich soil and …

When I was a little girl, we grew up on folk stories as is typical with every African child in my time. We were always excited when we found adults who were willing to spare their precious time to tell …