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Every morning the old griot asks the same question. Every morning the boy answers yes. He does not know yet that this is a vow. He does not know what it will cost him to keep it. He does not know that an army is already moving toward the village of Djenné - or that the old man who raised him has been preparing for this day for fourteen years. He only knows the ache when he wakes. The warmth deep in his chest that has no name. The dream voice calling a name he cannot quite hear. Tonight, everything burns. Tomorrow, he runs. I WILL REMEMBER

Tobi Adeyemi was just a boy from Surulere with a broken microphone and a dream bigger than Lagos itself. When fame finally comes, it comes fast - money, lights, sold-out shows. But success has a price. And sometimes, the people who believed in you first are not there to see you win. Some bars are missing forever.

They called it The List. Not officially. Never on paper. But every woman in the compound knew-when the gray van came, someone's name had been added. Folake wrote her own name down first. Kemi jumped from a balcony rather than be taken inside. Funmi has spent twelve years searching for a man who vanished. And Nneka kept a box under her bed for twelve years-until today. Now their stories are connecting. Through a notebook in Enugu. Through a forum post in London. Through a name no one has spoken in twenty years: Tunde Adebayo. The List was meant to erase them. Instead, it's about to make them impossible to ignore.

She died before he could save her. He crossed forests, outran slavers, and climbed a mountain for one reason to find a cure that could bring her back. Instead, he found a machine that swallowed him whole and spat him out onto the streets of a modern city. Five centuries from everything he knew. And the first face he saw was hers. She carries the name he knew. She is a doctor. She does not know him. She does not remember dying. But he remembers everything. A love story across five centuries. A man who refused to bury what he loved. And a woman who has no idea she is already his.

Anna was abandoned by her mother and raised in pain by a stepmother who made her childhood feel like survival. She grew up watching love turn into cruelty and protection turn into silence. School became her escape, but home remained her prison. At 21, everything changed. One moment. One violent experience. One turning point that shattered the last part of her innocence. That day didn't break her - it awakened her. The soft girl she used to be disappeared. In her place stood a woman who remembers every scar, every betrayal, and every name behind her pain. She returns not as the victim they knew... But as the consequence they never expected.

Summary: At nineteen, I've learned that the world is a messy place. To the guys at my Uni, I'm the "picky" girl with the iron walls-the one who finds their games 'nasty' and their touches hollow. But they don't know about Jojo. ​He's my Batman. The one who lost his light at a young age and grew up in the shadows of his own protection. For three years, we've danced around the truth. He wants me to be free; I want him to be mine. Now, as miles of distance stretch between us, I have to decide: will I stay the guarded city he protects from afar, or will I finally let him see what's behind the walls? pen name; Sacred Gotham 🌸

This is a book about becoming whole while still broken. Pieces of Me I'm Learning to Love is a collection of reflections, memories, and quiet confessions about love, loss, longing, healing, and self-discovery. Written in fragments and truths, this book holds the thoughts we never say out loud, the ones about staying too long, leaving too late, and learning to choose yourself even when it hurts. If you've ever loved deeply, felt unseen, or tried to heal in silence, this book is for you. A Rwandan voice, telling a universal story.

Grief speaks. A heart cries. A soul bleeds. This poetry book tells the story of love, loss and death. It begins with promises... ends with regret... and in between sits silence, questions and anger. If you've ever lost someone you love, you will understand these pages. 💔 Read slowly. Feel deeply. Thank you for reading 🙏 Please, comment honestly... it matters.

In every "D" she met, there was a story - of love, of loss, of everything she was trying to heal from. "The Death in the Ds" isn't just about romance or pain. It's about the patterns we inherit, the wounds we repeat, and the moment we finally decide to stop bleeding for what broke us. Because sometimes, love isn't healing - it's history repeating itself.

In every "D" she met, there was a story - of love, of loss, of everything she was trying to heal from. "The Death in the Ds" isn't just about romance or pain. It's about the patterns we inherit, the wounds we repeat, and the moment we finally decide to stop bleeding for what broke us. Because sometimes, love isn't healing - it's history repeating itself.

Ten years apart. One unforgettable love. When Nella was taken overseas at fifteen, she never got the chance to say goodbye to Lestin, the boy who had captured her heart. A decade later, fate brings them back together - but neither of them is the same. Now a powerful young manager in London, Lestin hides behind pride and pain, unaware that the CEO he works for is Nella's grandfather. When Nella returns after completing her studies, old feelings spark again - but so do old wounds. They laugh, fight, tease, and fall for each other all over again. Through heartbreak, forgiveness, and rediscovery, they learn that true love never fades - it only waits for the right time to return. 💍 A story of second chances, laughter, and love that lasts forever.

After a heap of broken promises and a failed marriage, Cindy Mbah, is more than ready to start over. She packs up and moves to the big city of Lagos. The problem is surviving in the city isn't as easy as people make it seem. "Just work hard", they'd said, but they'd never told her the things she would have to do to survive. Soon, morals and a clear conscience are out the window and desperation sets in but there's a saying that with every mistake, comes consequences. How grave will her consequences be? ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ® NO PART OF THIS BOOK SHOULD BE COPIED, DUPLICATED, PRINTED OR USED WITHOUT THE AUTHORS CONSENT! LEGAL ACTION WILL BE TAKEN!!

Petals, falling to the ground like colourful raindrops, your feet mindlessly crushing them. Crushed Petals are beautiful too. •~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~• 1 in #poetryisnotdead {25/06/2020}

"The Kids are depressed" is a story of 20 Nigerian teenagers navigating through emotional and mental trauma

I never thought everything could change in one second - but it did. One moment I was just the quiet girl in the back of the class, lost in my sketchbook, invisible to everyone but the art teacher. Then he walked in. Eli. The new boy with the kind eyes and the past nobody could explain. He didn't talk much. He didn't need to. He sat beside me... and somehow, that seat became the only place I ever wanted to be. But getting close to him came with questions. About who he was. Why he transferred. What he was running from. And why I was so afraid of getting close to someone who might leave just as suddenly as he arrived. This isn't just a love story. It's a story about finding your voice, trusting someone when it's easier to stay silent, and learning that even quiet hearts deserve to be heard.

I'm 15 My poems are unfiltered, unpolished, and probably unapproved by my mother. I write when I'm angry. I write when I'm bored. Sometimes I rhyme. Sometimes I rant. Either way, you're reading it. Call me Lilac. But don't ask me why I'm dramatic - I was born this way.

Tembisa trembles under a wave of high-profile ATM bombings, led by a criminal mastermind known only as "The General." But Station Commander Patrick Sandweni is about to discover the horrifying truth: the man behind the mask is his own brother. Blood or justice-which will he choose?

After seven years of working abroad, she boards a plane to return home to her child. But fate has other plans. When a hurricane reroutes their flight into the Bermuda Triangle, nothing is ever the same. Between death and dreams, sea monsters and spiritual beings, she must survive the impossible - all for the one thing that keeps her alive: love. A haunting, emotional tale of survival, myth, and a mother's unwavering heart.

Some teenagers penning down their deepest darkest thoughts that no one would ever hear ~Manuscriptor_General 🪄

Àdamma leaves her quiet village for Lagos, chasing her dream of becoming a Nollywood star. With no connections and little money, she struggles to survive, facing rejection and hardship. Just when she's ready to give up, one audition changes everything. Will she rise to stardom, or will Lagos crush her dreams? A gripping tale of ambition, resilience, and the price of fame. --- Does this capture what you want?