Tag: Storytelling

• Joojo and an animal with thousand feet

  His trouser smelt of sweat so Joojo felt he should abandon it on the bathroom door after taking his bath. The next morning he urgently needed to step out, he must meet someone. Unfortunately, all his clothes were dirty. He scanned through the dirty clothes and found a not-so-dirty one. It was a shirt. Turning…

  BENJAMIN NAMBU

  August 4, 2022

  Short stories, story story

  Creative writing, Fiction, Short story, Story, Storytelling, Writing

• Odessa – Chapter 3: Fire on the mountain

  As the setting sun faded in the sky, it dissolved its yellowish colour and sprayed it into the faces of the arrogant mountains that stood up to it. On a small, wooden, black and white tv, the president addressed the nation. The president wasn’t angry. He only struggled to keep his voice down when he…

  BENJAMIN NAMBU

  July 17, 2022

  imaginative

  Creative writing, Fiction, Short story, Story, Storytelling, Writing

• Odessa -Chapter 2: Foreigner

  The motorbike slipped and nearly spat him into the mud. He succeeded in escaping an embarrassing fall, smiling and scanning around to see if anyone noticed. His eyes met those of no one. He hoped to find an observer with whom to laugh at his awkwardness. Now, he found none and was only smiling to…

  BENJAMIN NAMBU

  July 11, 2022

  imaginative

  Creative writing, Fiction, Short story, Story, Storytelling

• Roots

  It was a world of nature and magic. Tough times baked people into tough heroes. And the difficulties of survival enriched tales told from one generation to the other, deepening the grip of their songs on the heart. My mind was thirsty for stories when I was a child and I would pester the adults…

  BENJAMIN NAMBU

  May 22, 2022

  Hall of Fame

  Child-development, Child-training, Childhood, Experience, Folklore, Folktales, Life-Experience, Reflections, Storytelling, Talent, Talent-development, Throwback, World of the past