A Minute of Silence for a Dead Tongue

Posted on06/05/2017AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

This weekend, the last living speakers of yet another endangered language will be buried, sending the tongue into extinction. Shall we observe a minute of silence? You might ask, why: don’t stop now… read on!

Television Strike

Posted on25/02/201723/03/2017AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

I woke up and switched on television. I remember exactly what I saw: an old woman in a housecoat, lying on a couch. For minutes, she stared at the camera with don’t stop now… read on!

A Cashew Dies

Posted on10/02/2017AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

My biggest tree is a cashew and it died overnight. The crack came at 3am. There was neither wind nor rain. I came awake, unsure of the source of the noise that roused don’t stop now… read on!

Dear Uwachommadu,

Posted on09/02/201723/03/2017AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

You are young, perhaps barely out of primary school, and you are still wondering why your parents saddled you with this strange, seven-syllable Igbo name that none of your classmates don’t stop now… read on!

Qualification Quiz for the Zombie Society

Posted on27/01/201727/01/2017AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

I know your mind is honest, but is it poor? you are no crooked politician, you are an honest thinker, but does your mind have cobwebbed doors that you don’t stop now… read on!