Share 1. Between 11 June and 11 July 2010, you should read the sports section of the newspaper (no! not Ovation, True Love, Hello and OK – they don’t do sports and news about what Drogba’s wife is wearing to SA is not what I have in mind!) so that you are aware of what is »
Share Ok so… …your phone rings and you hear an unfamiliar voice and s/he says ‘Hi. My name is ‘x’ and ‘y’ gave me your number’. We’ve all heard this at some point or another and I am guessing increasingly so the longer you stay single. Our developing world is increasingly becoming a disconnected place in the traditional »
Share How Shall We Kill the Bishop? has been nominated for the 2010 Caine Prize for African Writing. Fellow shortlisted writers include: Ken Barris (South Africa), Namwali Serpell (Zambia), Alex Smith (South Africa) and Olufemi Terry (Sierra Leone). Lily has kindly granted us permission to publish her shortlisted story here on MyWeku. It was Fr. Yasin Lordman »
Share Column: Secret Diary of a New Business Surviving Nigeria DAY 33: No painter. No table. No Chair and Erratic electricity supply. Each time light goes I have only one hour battery reserve to get any work done on my laptop. This is nonsense! DAY 34: No painter. No carpenter. No office desk or chair. No electricity. Uncharged »
Share Column: Secret Diary of a New Business Surviving Nigeria Start my own Business, or Die Trying… Day 30: The task of furnishing my new flat begins. The mission is to make it homely as soon as I can so I hire a painter to paint the walls and a carpenter to seal the holes in the »
Share Column: Secret Diary of a New Business Surviving Nigeria Start my own Business, or Die Trying… Ok so… I remember my aunt telling me there were three things in life you could never save up enough money to do: One, get married. Two, raise children. Three, die. She believed these were things you let »
Share So you thought you’d found it—a virtual candy store, a hyper-smorgasbord of past loves, current crushes and maybe, just maybe your future soul mate? Now, after a few months of Facebook flirting, you begin to wonder why it hasn’t gone anywhere. If you’ve been fruitlessly scavenging social networking sites for your next date (or were even »
