Benjamin Nambu

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Your past came knocking – A poem

Your past came knocking It came with a message packaged in the person of your Ex The urge to open it was strong But I resisted Wanted you to read it and tell me what it means for us Whatever you decide I just want you to know Darling, my collection of happiness That you…
Moonlight – the full story.

It was midnight. From the hill on which our cottage stood, I saw the eyes of an incoming bus dilate with delight as it peeped through the fog that had pinned itself to the wet, virgin forest. Everything around the cottage had taken on the the greyish look of the moon stuck against the indomitable…
A seat reserved for you – a motivational piece

Just before you master a new job or task, your duties usually seem overwhelming and if you listen to your instincts, you might think giving up is the best thing to do. That is the very moment you need to hold on. For soon, you get used to the task that initially seemed unbearable. It…
One day – motivational piece

One day you will meet someone who still has an attitude you gave up a long time ago when you saw that it brought about no progress to your life. It will be a sign. A sign of how far you’ve come. A sign of progress. A warrior once had to lie half naked in…
Kanté is growing

The merciless Ivorian sun crushed tarred road into simmering waves. Illusion beckoned Kanté to keep looking into the distance for evidence. And whiles looking, past memories gently crept into his mind as he trudged through the enervating heat towards his favorite restaurant for his lunch break. Food. Food. Food. All that had been on his…
united we fall – The complete story

-our sister Lalé was robbed last night. She was returning from work around 1am and noticed a dubious figure following her at a distant. She quickened her pace. So did her intruder. Upon reaching the gate to the house, she found it locked and she began screaming, “Thief! Thief! Thief!” But no one came out…
Machine Heart – Part 2

Footsteps of neighbours returning late from work soon died down into the silence of midnight, occasionally broken by distant howling of dogs and eerie hooting of owls. Diallo lay in his room, unable to sleep, looking out of his open window at the half moon skating across the sky, above the thick fog that sat…
You are dying slowly.

You are bleeding. You are losing blood. You are losing life. You are leaving us little by little. You are looking too far ahead, far ahead to that day when you too can relax and have your money work for you, to have others work for you – a day and time when you will…
Linda Ngissah

One evening, while returning from a stroll in the woods, I found a moist, torn piece of paper on the floor with a very beautiful drawing of an African mother scolding her child who is about setting off to school. I stood in those woods for minutes, admiring the creativity of the artist in capturing…
Machine heart – a short story

5pm. A hazy Friday evening. Two colleagues are alone at the backseat of their company bus. She was talking, her elbow on his shoulder, turning away shyly whenever her eyes met his. “I can hardly get you off my mind. At work when you see me busy at my desk…on my phone..it’s just a facade..it’s…
Fire for fire 🔥

Maybe you made a commitment to no longer fornicate or masturbate. Unfortunately, you keep slipping into the habit again and again. Right after committing the act, the last thing on your mind is to pray, read your Bible or go to church. It is shameful to open up to someone and it is especially hard…
Burn that schedule

You may not understand what I am about to tell you now, but some day, you will. Real life, rich and full of adventures, the kind that makes you wander through life like a playful child- sort of carefree, a life full of positive suspense… Such a life hardly exist in something you plan for…
Seasons

You are like a tree. If you keep moving from one job to another, from one church to another, from one country to another, from one relationship to another or switching businesses every now and then, you won’t give yourself the opportunity to grow. Give everything a chance. Give that relationship a chance. Give that…
Patience

A farmer has a cutlass in hand, before him stretches of grass to be mowed. The heat from the sun is enervating, yet he pays no attention. He pays no attention, to his aching back and waist. He is not discouraged by the little work done so far as against the vast unfinished job ahead.…
I have a dream

I want to become so wealthy that when anyone in my generation look ahead into the future, it will be impossible to see someone surpassing me in wealth and fame. I do not want to be only famous, I also want to be highly respected. That is why I want to engage in respectable means…
Audacity and Legacies

They will say you are unrealistic. They will say you are young and one of these days, hunger will wake you up to the hash realities of life and you will soon forget your hallucinations of ‘big dreams’. They will associate pride with your ambitious spirit. Let them. Dogs are barking. Throw no stone. Continue…
Play to be remembered

Pay attention to the things that fascinate you. Pay attention to the things that greatly inspire you. Pay attention to the things you find mentally-stimulating and thought-provoking. Be curious to find out things for yourself. For every truth out there, we’ve all got to write our own versions and live our interpretations of them. Never…
I wonder

She cheated on her husband and I was curious to know how and why it happened. It could not have been in her home. She and her husband hardly receive visitors. The neighbors would have found it suspicious that a man paid her a visit while her husband was away at work. Being the gifted…
Come back

He no longer believes in their relationship. He’s taken his bag and fled. No word. Not even a goodbye. She’s heard he is in Togo. She stands in church today, a microphone in hand, in tears. Testimony time. Let her enemies know that despite the efforts to kill her joy, she will still smile, even…
RASTA

For the entire night, visions of Diallo’s Barber Shop traumatized Ras Jungblé in his sleep. “Barber Shop! Barber Shop! Barber Shop!” The words rang loud and maddened his anxiety. He sat up with a jolt. As he stood up to his window and gazed at the barber shop in the distance, he saw nothing but…
Master Key

“You like learning all the time,” my course mates told me. Unknown to them, I had a weakness: I easily forget something I had just looked at. That meant I had to study for longer hours than usual to retain the contents of whatever I was reading. Despite this weakness, I graduated from the University…
Journey with me to the top

“Carry a journal with you and write in it any idea that occurs to you during the day,” our Introduction to English I course lecturer told us. Dr. Patience hiaMensa was her name. “That’s a great idea,” I thought to myself, suddenly remembering the many times I had written brilliant stories on pieces of papers…
Seeds of Greatness

The foundations of great businesses are Audacity- moving out against all odds to start something you are convinced in your heart will succeed. Uniqueness- building a business tailored to your unique perspectives of what a business should look like or how a particular service ought to be rendered. Patience- overlooking the criticisms, (verbal and non-verbal)…