Coconut

by Florence Olajide

Britain had a government-sponsored welfare system for people who fell on hard times. In Nigeria, your family was your only source of help, hence the need to maintain good relations and listen to your kin.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

In a country that celebrated individuality, why did almost every building and every street look similar? Or maybe it was just my jaundiced eye?