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From Mother to murderer

A place with two seasons of weather condition change one known as dry season the other raining, people of ogbomoso carrying out their daily activities...

Onuorah Tochukwu in Tell! Books
Mar 3 - 7 min read

Thought I heard a voice

Woke up to the chirping of birds and wondering how long I had slept.My mind wandering around the my room trying to recall what I...

Stephanie Ogbu in Tell! Books
Nov 9 - 1 min read

Beneath The Sunshine

ONE The pink streaks were too small. Two of them ran parallel to each other at the far end of the test tube. Her foot...

Sophia Adepoju in Tell! Books
Jun 6 - 19 min read

Conversations make great stories too

Have you ever had a conversation with a friend, relative or even a stranger and thought to yourself “Hmm, this conversation would make a great...

Teniola From Tell! in Tell! Books, Tell! Updates
May 1 - 1 min read

Tell! Awards 2021

Vote for your favourite Writers, Poets, Storytellers, Authors and Writing Platforms below. Instructions: Each story-based nomination has a link of the story attached to the...

Teniola From Tell! in Tell! Awards
Dec 1 - 1 min read

“I created a relationship with my courses and we lived happily Ever After”- Ofure

This week, Tell! interviewed Ofure Ebhomielen, the best graduating student of Faculty of science (and possibly the entire University of Ibadan). In this interview, she...

Tell! Interviewers in Interviews
May 11 - 7 min read

The Liturgy

For the first time, I didn’t know what to do. All my life I had always done everything right, at least as best as I...

Toheeb Ojuolape in Cornerpiece
Jun 10 - 5 min read

What type of African writer are you?

Hi there. Ever wondered what type of African writer you are? Well you don’t have to, anymore. Kindly answer the questions below sincerely to find...

Tell! Quiz in Quiz
Jul 2 - 1 min read

Call for Submission: MONUS2.0

“Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can...

Monus Anthology in Memoir Series, MONUS Anthology
May 11 - 2 min read

Adebimpe

Abe Igi’s breeze was cool as always. Little wonder that Iya Asake sited her bar there. We ordered our usual but we sat in silence....

Fiyinfolu Adeniyi in Cornerpiece
Jul 27 - 4 min read

Meet the UI Students who won at the global CFO Challenge

This week’s Tell! Interview is really special as it is the first time we would ever be interviewing two people at the same time. Yay!...

Tell! Interviewers in Interviews
Nov 2 - 5 min read

MONUS Anthology: Call for Submission

““Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit -in states, in church or...

Monus Anthology in MONUS Anthology, Reviews
Mar 14 - 2 min read

MY DANFO BUS EXPERIENCE FROM IKEJA TO AJAH VIA OSHODI AND OBALENDE

“Oshodi! Oshodi! Oshodi!” many of the bus conductors shouted at the top of their voices as they hung on the speeding buses. Some of their...

Segun Ogunlade in Cornerpiece
Feb 11 - 14 min read

The chaotic reign of Feminism

Feminism is for those who know its “what”,its “worth” and its “worst”. -Tobi-Makinde Melody. Today, most people claim to be Feminists without understanding what Feminism...

Melody Tobi-Makinde in Chronicles Of Consciousness, Cornerpiece
Nov 4 - 3 min read

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