Historias de Igbo

A short story about beauty and love. A reflection on the cultural heritage of the Igbo tribe in South-East Nigeria.

Kairayochukwu Okorie stopped believing in second chances especially her own. After an accident involving someone she cared about, Kaira becomes the subject of rumors she never asked for. She learns how to survive by shrinking, by avoiding the track, and by pretending she doesn't miss the life she lost. But when she's pushed to confront the past she buried, and a new student begins to see through her careful silence, Kaira is forced to ask herself what it means to move forward--not just alone, but with someone who understands what it means to carry expectations.

Tyla grows up believing her mothers words " men will only break you" after her own heartbreak in highschool she enters university determined to avoid love. but when she gets caught in an unexpected love triangle, she begins to question everything she was taught and must decide whether she will repeat her mother's pain or break the cycle

𝚩𝛐𝛐𝐤 1 𝛐𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝛐𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝛐𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬. _________________________________________________ As the savanna sickens and old fears return, stories spread of Ajákùta, a spirit of drought stirring in the scarred north. Most dismiss them. Àjàó doesn't. He has dreamed of falling skies and crying rivers, and the wind has never spoken to him without reason. With Ẹwà, a crane who rides the air, and Akilápá, a sharp-tongued agama lizard, Àjàó crosses a land already coming apart. Corruption follows their steps, truth is hard to trust, and three ancestral charms of Earth, Air, and Water, may be the only thing standing between the savanna and ruin. _________________________________________________ Most impressive rankings: #3 in animals #7 in africa

Chioma has only one desire: and that is to regain the respect and love of her family which she had lost by not meeting their expectations. So when she finally gets an opportunity to prove herself, she seizes it with both hands and pursues it so passionately that she becomes blind to everything else, including the ultimate, precious gift of true love right in front of her. Will her eyes open before it is too late? Falling in love is the last thing on the mind of Biodun, after all, who thinks about love when one is burdened with so many challenges and is struggling to survive? But then he stumbles upon Chioma and he finds himself unable to look away...

"... people of Lagos, this is not a drill. Your city is under attack...." Lagos city, the glamorous city of life, the city of happenings. Where the elites raise their heads up in the air unaware of the purple evil coming for them. It only takes one group, the purple Lagoon to bring the great city down to it's feets. Only one woman is brave enough to stand up to, Aurora, she stays back to bring the purple cult to justice who trying to run away from her past and avoid falling in love with the son of the leader of the purple Lagoon. Read and find out what happens next

Anansi, the old spider deity, is alive, breathing again, and he has come for what he is owed. Mọ́remi has two mothers, but that's not the strangest thing about her. She is the last descendant of the Dahomey Warriors, a dangerous group of all female warriors who once conquered everything in sight until, strangely, they disappeared. Everything changes when Anansi kidnaps her mother and she learns there's more about her lineage than even she knew. ** Uyai has always been different from the other boys, in ways he never knew how to articulate. In a journey that tasks every part of him, he learns the strange truth of his heritage. Everything only gets worse when Anansi kidnaps his father and Uyai is forced to confront his worst, deepest fear.

They finally brought the virus to Africa, to Nigeria. With everyone around her either dying or infected, Amira thought she was the only survivor in the wrecked city of lagos that was until she met Damian and his group and also a frenemy who told her about the shelter on the island where survivors are, including her family. They were determined to finding this real S.A.V.E Shelter and people but is it really worth it in this desolated world especially when they know it won't be free and easy getting access to. ________________________________________________ Desolate: Book 1 in the Carole Derrick Afro-Zombie Collection 🏆 Nowhere In Between: Book 2 in the Carole Derrick Afro-Zombie Collection 🏆 (not published) End of The World: Book 3 in the Carole Derrick Afro-Zombie Collection 🏆(not published) ________________________________________________

Chioma popularly called Oma found out her billionaire dad Mr Ifeoluwa wasn't dead like proclaimed by her mom,she left her mom to stay with her father were the love and bond between a father to daughter grew her father taught her all she ever needed in life and more,at the age of twenty her father was shot and was in coma, she faked the death of her dad striving hard to save her dad and his multi billionaire company how long will Oma remain strong when she found out those she trusted most are the one betraying her this is a fictional story

"You are not going back to that man. Over my dead body!" He yelled at me with so much anger that I was at the verge of tears. With tears already in my eyes, I feebly replied "But he's dying and_" "So let him die and before he does let him suffer!" I gasped at his response. He spoke about my father with great hate and all I could do was sit there and cry. "Listen to me Fadesewa" his voice was softer this time around. "I don't want you to go back there. He may be at the verge of death for all I care, but he failed as a father. For Christ's sake Sewa, he kicked you out of his house for not obeying his rules_" "Whatever you say, always keep in mind that that man is my father. The one who was there when my mum wasn't. So let me bare the cross and go see him." I cut him off with a cold voice that sent chills down his spine. He gazed into my eyes almost as if he was trying to figure out if I was possessed. "You'll regret this" he simply said and walked away. "Then so be it" I whispered quietly to myself in his absence, wiping away my tears. Fadesewa Hope Gbenga is your not so typical eighteen year old high school student having to deal a controlling father and his enormous rules; No male friends. No tight or revealing clothes. No skirts that each above your knee. No drinking. More than anything, Fadesewa wants to be free from these rules and live life like a normal teenage girl, but can that ever happen? Follow Fadesewa's story and her journey to freedom and her quest to discover her best self. Do not copy or pirate. This book is only available on Wattpad. Started: 30th August 2020 Ended:

"i don't like boys"she mummered my heart skipped before she quickly added "but I'm not a lesbian " ************************ "do you love her" "i think I do " "again so you love her"emeka said with a stern voic "yes" "so what about kay"

*NIGERIAN BASED FICTION NOVEL* What happens when the man whose life you saved is the one who made yours the misery it is today? When the man you fall in love with is the one who took your entire life from you and left you with a life threatening impairment instead? What happens when this same man who also happens to be your last hope of survival is the reason why death came dancing at the door times too numerous to count? Could this be fate having a say? Chizaram would always let out a scoff anytime she heard the four letter word. So far as she knew, fate had already gotten its say by having her life the way it was. Besides, what were the possibilities of her meeting the bane of her existence whose only reminder of his unknown identity is the name inscribed on the bullet that killed her father? Nevertheless for Zara, whatever it be that this cruel fate had to say in her life story, forgiveness was already a word long gone from her vocabulary....

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The story is about a girl named Aisha who stands alone in the midst of everything and all the troubles going on, Aisha is in the syndrome of autistism and therefore cannot deal with these issues properly, but then she is inlove with a guy, life manages to them close only to separate them, because not all love in high school last forever

Jeweluchukuozi Okeke Grace,a second year psychology student has to be a maid to a lecturer.She does her duty and minds her business.Then an interruption takes place.She witnesses a murder and a big political crime. She also falls for the last person she would ever want to.

After a series of trauma from his childhood, Maduka spirals down to rock bottom. The sudden death of his estranged father thrusts him into a world of chaos; forced into the life he ran away from. Suddenly, the consequences of the all poor decisions he made charges at him. Usually when the going gets tough, Maduka's instinct is flight. He never had much to fight for, not much had worth to him. When he meets Binyelum, running becomes a difficult choice. This new world presents loss in more ways than one. Will it be love or duty? Which will be flight? Which will be fight? Binyelum didn't come from much, she had very little but she grew up believing the world was hers for the taking. Though she was never sure how to take on the world. She understood early that her dreams were secondary to her role as a daughter. A chance meeting leaves her questioning her sacrifices. If to leave is to be selfish, is staying the certain testament of love? When she finds herself entangled with the mysterious Maduka, she suddenly finds there's more ways to love and more ways to lose.

Eliza Chigozie had the perfect life, the perfect rich friends, the perfect parties and the perfect school. But her life changed drastically after her dad left. Her immediate needs became wants. Her 100℅ social status decreased to 40℅. But no one knows about this, not even her best friend. She decided to keep her lips sealed. But is she the only one with secrets? Is she the only one with the not so perfect life?

Rose longed to have a proper education and a good life, she is given the opportunity, until she was raped and also with child. How will she survive all these, will there be a light at the end of the tunnel for her. Warning:beware there are a lot of errors, enjoy reading this story. Short story

Soluife is a mother of two little kids aged 9 and 7 when she was widowed. Struggling to feed them with help from her sisters, she barely had enough to sustain them, enter Chude, saw her one day at an eatery, mega chicken while she came to buy ice cream for her kids and couldn't take his eyes away from her. He tried. God knows he tried to stay away from her but he just couldn't. He constantly visited the eatry just to get to see her but one day he noticed she starred back at him so he gathered the balls to approach her. He told her of the instant attraction he felt the first time he saw her. She admitted to herself too that she felt same attraction but because she is a mother she couldn't afford to be reckless. Seeing that she was about to walk away from him without even learning so much as her name, Chude was forced to make her a proposal. If she agreed to give him a little of her time then he would shoulder all of her financial burdens. From the onset it was established that feelings would not be involved. As he was a young man, eight years younger than she was and had a whole life ahead of him while she cannot give him a child due to complications in her last pregnancy that nearly cost her life.

#PROJECT NAIJA# Accepting her new life as a slave, Adaobi finds herself in a village full of concieted, arrogant and wicked people who would stop at nothing to get what ever their heart desired. In this twisted Cinderella tale, we have an African prince being pressured to get married. And a whole village filled with determined maidens vying for his affection. Where does our little slave girl fit in all of this. A maid and a prince... Does that ring a bell? _________________________________ A short historical romance.