Stories

UNFORGETTABLE

‘The road to recovery is a long, tortuous and lonely one’ I watched with tears bristling down my face, holding back the screams that threatened...

Omolara Kazeem in Memoir Series
Jul 1 - 1 min read

Faded Love

Outside, the clouds rumbled. The air was cold and had a delicious earthy smell. “Tonight will be such a great night,” I said in a...

Enun Mpama in Short Stories
Jul 1 - 4 min read

ASHAWO! ASHAWO!

She walks down the streetLips painted red, thighs jiggling Nails on fleek, tanned skinYou call her ashawo, ashawo Anklets wrapped smugly round her legs...

Joy Ozoko in Poetry
Jun 29 - 1 min read

BLOOD SISTERS: MUSIC AND FASHION.

Kemi and Sarah’s bond in the recently released Netflix limited series, “Blood Sisters” is enviable. They were each other’s support system, as evidenced by how...

Joy Ozoko in Article
Jun 29 - 1 min read

RUNNING THE RACE ON THE RIGHT TRACK

RUNNING THE RACE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. Hello you there, you started your race of accomplishment of goal, but it seems the goals is an...

Joy Sule in Article
Jun 28 - 1 min read

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Darkness holds grudges

Hey you! Why do you feel entitled to the darkness?, you feel like All the hurt would go away, monsters as thoughts, strength flow as...

patricia eleanyauyo in Impressions
Jun 28 - 1 min read

HER THERAPY SESSION.

The fan was whirring, it was an old fan. Ten years, maybe Fifteen. The Therapist walked back into the parlor now a makeshift office for...

Joy Ozoko in Entrepreneurship
Jun 27 - 4 min read

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, The Lesser Evil. ( Written in January 2019, just before the general elections of 2019)

ATIKU ABUBAKAR, THE LESSER EVIL (Written in January 2019, before the general elections. Atiku went on to lose against Buhari.) A theme that runs majorly...

David Yunana in Cornerpiece
Jun 27 - 4 min read

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To My Darling Friend Tana

I had never seen a dead body but I knew that someday I would, maybe my grandpa’s. When we laid in bed last Christmas pregnant...

Britney Muoghalu in Short Stories
Jun 26 - 2 min read

An Odyssey of Flights and Frights

I really didn’t know how to start this, because it has been a long year. In the last 365±1 days, I have won. I have...

Covenant Odedele in Reviews
Jun 26 - 10 min read

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I’M NO LONGER SEEKING VALIDATION

I am always in constant battle with insecurity. Apart from the ones that plague me every time I look into the mirror, I also have...

Dauda anike in Article
Jun 24 - 2 min read

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She lived

The muffled sounds and the continuous loud clinking of ceramic plates downstairs woke me up from my sleep. The morning sun from the window was...

Eniola Yusuf in Short Stories
Jun 24 - 7 min read

BOUQET AND EVERYTHING AFTER

BOUQET AND EVERYTHING AFTER BY PRINCESS .E. AKENZUA They buy what’s not in their budget, They spend millions on dresses, They...

princess Akenzua in AfricaRising
Jun 24 - 1 min read

THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER; THE ULTIMATE PROFIT BATTLE

No matter the ills bemoaned by both parties, the relationship between the commercial driver and passenger is one that can never near divorce. According to...

Olanrewaju Oyedijo in Lifestyle
Jun 24 - 2 min read

DEADBITS OF LAGOS

DEADBITS OF LAGOS BY PRINCESS .E. AKENZUA Oh! What a wicked world! Our lawless beggars are back again, They roam...

princess Akenzua in AfricaRising
Jun 24 - 1 min read

WARRIORS IN HELLS

Warriors in Heels by Princess .E. Akenzua Who are they you ask? They are our sisters, our mothers and grandmothers,...

princess Akenzua in AfricaRising
Jun 24 - 1 min read

Introducing Tell! Books 3.0: Redefining African Book Publishing

Our vision at Tell! has been to unite Africa through creativity and storytelling. This pan-African vision remains at the core of every product or feature...

Toheeb Ojuolape in Tell! Updates
Jun 23 - 3 min read

Challenge Your Fear

My worriesMy fearsClouded by the thoughts of tomorrowStill wondering what the future might unfoldMy sorroundingMy spaceLiving in the fear of the unknownTrying to utilize my...

Anonymous in Poetry
Jun 22 - 1 min read

Cleansing Under The Moon— With The Word Of God

God is in His heaven; all is well with the world. “Watching tonight’s strawberry full moon from my window. There is a cup of hot...

Olatorera Dickson-Amusa in Memoir Series
Jun 18 - 5 min read

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A GUIDE TO MARRYING A NIGERIAN MAN

As a Nigerian woman, you have a lot on your plate already. You battle insecurity, unemployment, inflation, and the worst of all, NIGERIAN MEN. We...

Dauda anike in Article
Jun 17 - 2 min read

The African Heritage

Africans, all of us, from the he to the she Black (and beautiful) were we made to be Chosen by God himself to be Different...

Michael Forever in Poetry
Jun 17 - 1 min read

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Queens don’t complain

And to think that he loved me,Boy was I so wrong,Choosing himself over and over again,Did I not see that coming?Even when everything was so...

PJ in Poetry
Jun 17 - 1 min read

Abecedarian poem

A long time ago Before time came into view Centuries before civilization Decades and milenias it was Earth witnessed the sweat of their struggle Fate...

in Poetry
Jun 17 - 1 min read

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Scarlett E1

Alice sat by the sea shore,her heart torn apart, she wore dark sunshades so that no one asked her why she cried. they only ask...

patricia eleanyauyo in Short Stories
Jun 16 - 4 min read

BOOK REVIEW: ” BECOMING A NIGERIAN” BY ELNATHAN JOHN

Becoming a Nigerian is satirical prose that addresses Nigerian society. It is reflective of the ills and rot of the country. It tells what it...

Dauda anike in Reviews
Jun 16 - 1 min read

Abecedarian Poem

African Child Be authentic, Cease to be a clownDetach from inferiority complexEnlighten yourselves For you are the backbone of the society Guarantee our next generationHappy...

Mildred Saliwe Ntuli in AfricaRising
Jun 16 - 1 min read

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Xenas!

Abandoned child,swerving in lost misery Build your walls and rip the shame Callous men have ripped your pride Devouring every sense of purpose Endangering every...

patricia eleanyauyo in Poetry
Jun 16 - 1 min read

HEARTBREAK=HOPE

Ayo was homeBut Bode wasn’t thereCrying heavily, she sat downDay by day, it had become her regular habitEveryone knew about it nowFoolish girl, that’s what...

Oluwatomi Ilesanmi in Poetry
Jun 16 - 1 min read

Fight for freedom

A city of exploit, want, power drunkiness and dysfunctionalism.Built on the foundation of inequality and uncertainties in all areas.Commissioned by privileged self centered individuals.Drunk and...

Joy Sule in Poetry
Jun 16 - 1 min read

Africa was born in ME

Africa was born in me Be luck, Curse or Death; Energy, Faith and hope will Give me strength. Have I ever been Jealous,...

Aymar Audry in Poetry
Jun 16 - 1 min read

Zeitgeist

Across the board…Being in the present, being in the NowContinues to be the antidote to chaosDelegated from among other practices Experienced and expressed by manyFar...

Austine Oketch in Poetry
Jun 16 - 1 min read

Peace, Be still.

PEACE, BE STILL.An atmosphere where there is an unsafe euphoria, fear has gripped in, no one to turn to apart from Him.All you...

Joy Sule in Poetry
Jun 16 - 1 min read

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Darkness befell me

As I sat this afternoon, I focused on the whistling sound of the breeze but that wasn’t enough to distract me as my thoughts shifted...

Adam and Eve in Short Stories
Jun 15 - 2 min read

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TWENTY FLIGHT: A CON OR A CRISIS (PART II)

TWENTY-FLIGHT: A CON OR A CRISIS In reference to the Twenty’s con (part 1), as the weighty hands of the clock slowly and inevitably...

Melody Tobi-Makinde in Chronicles Of Consciousness
Jun 15 - 8 min read

Daddy’s Princess

Sergent Jamal walked into the detention room with disappointment in his eyes. It was a hot afternoon and he had been involved with an unnecessary...

Michael Ordia in Short Stories
Jun 14 - 6 min read

Beloved Son

We failed with our plans, We ashamed our clans, We destroyed our plans, But evil works gains. We ignored advices, We ruined promises, We ...

Aymar Audry in Poetry
Jun 14 - 1 min read

On the Street They can hear us

The new normal in this modern world of today for addressing our grievances, beliefs, acceptance in societies, dignity and of cause our peace is taking...

Tiaa Flotic in Tell! African Internship
Jun 14 - 1 min read