Islamic Stories & Reflections | By Kafayat Olubukola
The Farewell The morning of the wedding arrived in Ekiti with an unfamiliar but joyful kind of noise. True to Mallam Muhammadu’s strict rules, no traditional talking drums, no gangan or secular musical instruments were allowed anywhere near the compound. In an Ekiti neighbourhood known for loud, earth-shaking wedding parties, the absence of drums was […]
The Heavy List He sat by the window, his gaze fixed outside. Thick, clustered green shrubs of varying heights held onto each other, arm in arm along the roadside, as if they needed one another to survive, their dense green scenery seeming to flow backward as the car pressed onward. Even though his mind was […]
The Reunion Her phone’s ringing tone cuts across the room, bringing her back from the thought of being a motherly superhero, to the curiosity of who could be calling. She springs up towards the phone; her sister, Faoziyyah is calling and again she hesitates to pick it up. The phone rings once and then twice […]
Like a Deer in the Headlights “Thief! Thief! Thief!” Some violent voices roar from afar and her ears stand to listen. Without a second thought, she runs searching for the voices; forgetting to put on her outdoor slippers. Her heart races in fear as she calls, “Umar!… Could that be my son? Where’s my son?” […]
You Just Stole My Money! As they both stroll through the streets, looking for a madrasah, they are also asking some residents if they know of any, and descriptions of four different places are given to them. They are on their way when they see some group of girls in full khimar, “Mum, those […]
The Awkward Encounters Just as she has expected, the scene created by Mama Ebuka becomes the talk in her new neighbourhood and fingers are pointed at her while walking on the street but still, she walks straight in her low-wedged slippers and holds her head up high. She’s in an elegant Ankara dress simply styled […]
A Fragile Vessel Grrrrrrrrgrrrrrrrrrrrrgrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, sounds the working sewing machine as it’s being pedaled by Adeshewa since she woke up during midnight. It is a Saturday, a day known for many ceremonies and she has a lot of clothes to deliver to her customers. A lot has been ruminating in her mind lately about how she […]
Getting bored while he waits for his mother, thirteen-year-old Umar sits on a low-leveled pavement in front of the house they’re about to secure – she’s inside one of the rooms negotiating with the Landlord. Trying hard not to think about what could be going on between them, he picks up some small pebbles and […]
The Overwhelmed Bride To Abuja Toohir, Sulaiman, Maymunah and Mutmainah went, through the air. The journey was filled with only whispers among the friends. When they landed at the airport, a chauffeur conveyed them to Maymunah’s dad’s office where they waited at the reception to be called in. He was having a meeting with some […]
My Mother is a Believing Woman. Why would her aunt disapprove of me? – this had been the question causing tension in the air within the small apartment of Sulaiman. The suggestion made by his friend to involve his mother was thrown behind his ears. His mother already had a conclusive hope in him getting […]
