Ogbanje Things Fall Apart Novels & Stories

Groans left the mouths of almost all the students in the classroom. ( *abi* is a type of Nigerian slangs used In place of the English word 'Right'- I will be using it a lot, so it would be nice if you could take note of it, thanks) Mr Lekan only laughed then dismissed us all. Immediately I started packing my books in my bag and hug my bagpack on my back. I'm sure you're wondering why I was bothering to carry my school bag while I could just save myself the stress and leave it in the classroom. Well I've tried that before and let's just say I had to get a completely new school bag the next day. My classmates weren't exactly really the nicest.

chief Durojaiye asked, “Which girl?“ Mrs. Durojaiye asked, “the girl that Fred Impregnated” the chief retorted, “That Is very simple, she will have to abort the pregnancy,” Mrs. Durojaiye said, “I will never be part of that plot,” the chief said, “how could a mother like you suggest abortion?“the chief asked, “If the abortion turned negative, and the girl died, what will later happen?“he asked, “please, I don't want anything that will tarnish my Image, find another solution” chief said,

She sighed, clearly coming to the part she didn't like narrating, but I wanted to hear it. “Ruined how? I thought she fell in love with Bangizwe's father?” “She did. A 20 year old girl who was the treasure of her family met a Congolese gangster. Nelisiwe didn't know that. He had a huge farm where he planted all sorts of plants. Nelisiwe loved going there. She fell in love with his love for plants. She was a simple girl. When she fell pregnant with Bangizwe, she had already discovered the bad sides of Nzinga, and she was ashamed of coming back home with a protruding belly or a baby. So she left the baby there and came home.” She left Bangizwe too? Nelisiwe was a complicated woman.

"We don't have money right now but we'll buy some, some other time." The kid looked sad and all grumpy as the mother apologizes to the store owner. Suddenly, Eustone felt the urge to buy the kid some oranges. After the two strangers left, he went to the shop and bought some oranges and apples. Then he went to chase them. "Excuse me," he approached. "Yes?" The mother of the kid turned, her face looked confused. "I wanted to give the oranges to the kid... well with apples." The woman looked closely at him and then smiled. "Thank you, young man," she said, taking the bag full of apples and oranges.

She set her bag on the teacher’s desk with slow, careful movements, opened her lesson plan folder, and started writing the day’s objectives on the board in her neat, slanted handwriting: Things Fall Apart Post-Colonial Themes & Character Motivation Objective: By the end of the period, you will analyse Okonkwo’s internal conflict using textual evidence. Seventeen boys came in quieter than usual. No pushing, no last second scrolling on phones. They just slid into their seats without a word. Khalid took front row centre tie knotted perfectly, eyes already fixed on her. Chidi sat two rows back on the left fidgeting with his pen cap, leg bouncing under the desk like he couldn’t sit still.

Soon, a knock is heard on the houses main door. "Who is it? "Tobi questions and Derricks voice calls. "*Ogbeni come and open the door for me joor. " (*Ogbeni means human) {Yoruba} Tobi stands up and opens the door. On stepping in, Derrick is quite surprised to see Dayo and after all the good mornings and how fars, they begin to discuss casually till Rose, Tobis sister walks into the livingroom. Dayo looks up at her and it takes a few seconds for her face to ring a bell.

Find it. The streets of Ajegunle hummed with post-storm energy. Children splashed barefoot in puddles, pretending they were rivers. Women rearranged tomatoes, shaking rainwater from the baskets. Smoke rose from akara pans, tangling with the steam of yam porridge. A boy scooped mud with his hands, molding it into a little castle before the rain carried it away. Promise slowed to watch—it looked fragile, but there was defiance in building anything at all in Ajegunle.

She didn't seem like the type to switch teams all for money and it was obvious she didn't even need it but one thing that assured was that if she had in anyway rejected whatever Onuh offered her, then her life was already in danger cause Onuh never takes no for an answer. "Can you see how far he went? His heart and mind are no longer here because he's too busy thinking of a reasonable excuse to defend that his ogbanje wife, abi na spiritual wife sef, na only God know." Arin hisses and sometimes, I just wonder how he and I could maintain our friendship for almost thirty years when we didn't even think alike. (Ogbanje- A fetish cult)

I slept and woke up under the rain. *** ☺️☺️☺️ Eba: A food made from cassava flour. Ajebó girl: Spoilt-rich, affluent girl. Abìké: Born to care Àbìólá: Born into wealth. Tajjud: More like a night vigil. ☺️☺️

“Abeg, let's leave matter for Matthias. I don't want to talk about that one.” “Alright.” I stir my food, my gaze downcast. “Ehen, what of Anita? How's she? Have you guys seen since we vacated?” “Well... About that... We broke up.” “What?!” … Words/phrases and their meanings: *This one you're vexing anyhow these days eh — what is it with your temper these days? * O.B.O. — it is an abbreviation for Omo Baba Olowo (a Yoruba slang) which means 'a rich man's son'.