Posted on September 4th, 2012 by Folarin Kolawole
“Still, laid the lifeless carcass of a beautiful turtle upon the cold floors of a wooden batcher in Elem-Sangama village, Soku, in the Niger Delta. It was in the harsh claws of a fisherman’s net that it was caught, conquered and dragged ashore by a rustic dug-out boat hewn from the sempervirent mangrove forests cloaking [...]
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Posted on June 6th, 2012 by Folarin Kolawole
Two young boys stand at the edge of a gentle creek in the Soku community of southern Rivers State, Niger Delta. It’s about 7am in the morning, and the oil workers had just begun to disperse into the creeks to continue their daily operations in the area. The boys had spotted a calm [...]
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Posted on January 23rd, 2012 by Folarin Kolawole
Thanks to God, and thanks to you also, for your encouragements and support on last year’s Naijatreks Young Writers’ Contest. The winners will soon embark on a trip to the gigantic hills and picturesque caves of Idanre in Ondo State. Another opportunity has opened up to touch the lives of children in a small [...]
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Posted on November 13th, 2011 by Folarin Kolawole
It is 6:30pm and I hear the sun knock on my door. She is on her way back home, and wanted to say goodnight to her dear pal, the landscape photographer. “Just a minute”, and I loose the latch on my bamboo door. As it flings open, my visitor greets me with a million hug [...]
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