Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’ had me confused. Was this the same man who wrote Macbeth? How come ‘As You Like It’ went against everything I have learned about storytelling?Sure, Shakespeare so brilliantly presents the cards within the first half hour of this three-hour play. And this left you feeling excited. But none of the […]
moreChange is both exciting and unsettling. On an impulse, I disembarked at Gloucester Road tube-station. Gloucester road is close to where I lived as a child. I was convinced a subconcious sense of direction would lead me straight to the house we lived in. What street was it on again? It didn’t matter. I’d find […]
moreTo read the first few translated scenes of my new novel, click here -> Download: Translation Also On Behalf
moreOpen the box that says “basement.”You put it there five years ago. You plan to put the box out on the streets. You open it first.Things wrapped in newspaper. A wooden fertility doll from Ghana, one of its arms is still broken. You once lent it to a friend as she wasn’t conceiving. Her husband […]
moreHamna and Hadisha stood on the other side of the street staring at the same sea-gulls my son was staring at. The sea-gull was picking at trash bags. My son started chasing the bird away. The girls laughed and screamed. Their door was open, as was ours.“Come play!!” they shrieked in excitement at my son. […]
moreHi Aliefka, I was at school with you for a while in London – long, long ago at Glendower. I spent an evening stuck on Google last night and found your website and blog. Very interesting, congratulations on your work. I will look out for your books in English so I can read them. I read pages […]
moreThe law text books. They are in a box beneath the stairs. They have been there for the past 7 years. There were a lot more before. I had thrown 4/5th of my Law books away last time I moved, including all my notes. What remains are the books I thought were worth keeping back […]
moreThe law text books. They are in a box beneath the stairs. They have been there for the past 7 years. There were alot more before. I had thrown 4/5th of my Law books away last time I moved, including all my notes. What remains are the books I thought were worth keeping back then. […]
moreTry not to think as you throw away the pacifiers. You had hidden them in a wine cooler when weaning your baby off them. Somehow, two nappies have found their way into a bag you never use. The bibs. The one with the Christmas tree on it. And the one that says ‘Hungry’. Did his […]
more(sing to the tune of Frère Jacques) School lunches, school lunches, Concrete chips, concrete chips Soggy semolina, soggy semolina I feel sick, toilet quick. Why our brain remembers such things. And forgets the Latin we were taught in that private girl’s school. It just goes to show. When I’m 80, I’ll have forgotten my name […]
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