Author: firestarter
People that Look Like Me
A collection of thirty new poems looking at life, love and the challenges of life in America,…
People that Look Like Me
A collection of thirty new poems looking at life, love and the challenges of life in America,…
Provertry – poems of their country
Poems relating to the social and political experience of the citizens of Nigeria and touching upon the…
Matters of the Heart
This book could save your life! Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the world….
The Essential Jimi Hendrix
“The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love….
Yoruba Folktales
The imagery in Yoruba folk tales can be quite striking and are often astonishing. The tales live…
Plays for Primary School
These short plays are suitable for teaching drama to children of 3 to 10 years old. The…
The Lion’s Dinner
The Lion’s Dinner:Papa Samba the lion is getting old and he is worried that he would soon…
King Chameleon and more West African Folktales
King Chameleon and more West African Folktales is a selection of folklore believed to have originated from…
A Canine World
In this play, an unfortunate dog named Lucky and an arrogant prize bulldog, become neighbors. The pampered…
Abubakar and the Robbers
Abubakar, a poor man finds a cave where robbers hide their loot. Having found that their den…
The Lizard Prince and more Hausa Folktales
The Lizard Prince and more Hausa Folktales is a selection of folklore thought to have originated from…
Heroes – a story of Nigeria
We once had heroes: Men and women, of prime, pristine values, Who journeyed lofty mountains, deep valleys,…
Ennui – A Story of Nigeria
With sternness, the jackboots came, Their lofty promises, a different game, With bungling hands, with brutal hearts,…
How to Find Your Husband – A Matrimony Guide.
My first foray into the scary world of commercial filmmaking is this expository film titled “How To…
When The Sun Sleeps – folktales from Africa
From the tales of magic and superhuman prowess of the Egyptian hero to the highly believable anthropomorphic…
Journey of translations
The languages my books have been translated into so far (March 31, 2012) : French German Spanish…
TWO DOGS : Identity Crisis
Hey Bonzo, I want to ask you a question. Are we dogs? – – What a foolish…
Two Dogs: election matters
BONZO: Lucky, my dear friend. Who do you think should win the election? LUCKY: I don’t know…
Just Another Black Man Dead
Black voices cry their anguished plea
What will you say if my murderer is the law?
Never mind, it’s just a black man dead
Never mind, just another black man dead
The Battle Will Be Won at the Grassroots
The battle will be won at the grassroots That is the place of your freedom The battle…
Judgment Day
Terror comes prowling by night With fearful armies of destruction Thriving on the reward of brutality Their…
Ghost Town : an elegy to the demise of humankind
Some remarkable changes happened to the world in lockdown because of the novel virus pandemic disease. The…
Ghost Town
A naked shadow , an icy ghost dressed in black Rides a horse, of the apocalypse, sleek…
Enchanted
I close my eyes , and your presence fills the whole world Beyond the silken screen of…
Life is Hell
The sky is dark, it’s going to rain The heart is sad. in screaming pain Does the…
The Fun Bunch
I have created storybooks for kids. I have created audiobooks for kids. I have created an online…
I-Scream and The Fun Bunch
Okay, I am back to my blog after some months away. A lot has happened since then….
The High-Powered Christian Entrepreneur
At a point in my life, I was a very zealous young Christian, constantly seeking knowledge that…
Book Launch for Gathering the Words
Join me for a day of celebrating both my birthday and the release of my book, Gathering…
From Ibadan With Love
My childhood years were spent in Ibadan, in a once prosperous middle class neighbourhood, where gentrification currently…
The importance of not following your dream
Denrele woke up smiling, passionately hugging and kissing his pillow. He could hear loud knocks, but they…
Gathering the Words
Where do stories come from? In the book Gathering The Words, the author Rotimi Ogunjobi takes the…
250,000 acres of pain
‘Yes, my dear young man, the country has now been stolen by soldiers who are only bandits…
Forty Thieves and the African Taleswagon
From the local British Council Library you could borrow four books or so for a couple of…
Tales retold for contemporary reading
Children are creative readers, my childhood imaginations were formidable. Reading a story or listening to a folktale…
Lights, Chimera, Action!
In front of my office is a children’s nursery school, and listening to the little ones recite…
Of Stock Tales and Enfants Terribles
Ogboju Ode Ninu Igbo Irunmole by D.O Fagunwa, is widely considered the first novel written in the…
Gathering Words – An Introduction
I see him at the beginning of faint memory, a three year old boy. I see him…
Gathering The Crooked Bullet
One of my favourite comedy films is The Black Bird, featuring a constantly harrased detective called Sam…
Gleanings from African Night Entertainment
For reasons still not clear to me, my mother did not have a wall clock in the…
The mathematics of God
Sam Fajana spoke confidently and fluently as if he were reading from a book. ‘There exists a…
Introduction – Germany: Christmas Diary
This is an outline version of my work in progress . It is a story based on…
Contents
Contents 19 December – Guten Tag 20 December – Palmengarten 21 December – Hauptwache 22 December –…
19 December – Guten Tag
December 19, and I was on the night flight to Frankfurt. Why was I visiting Germany at…
20 December – Palmengarten
The lady at passport control at Frankfurt-am-Main seemed to have an issue with my travel documents. I…
21 December – Hauptwache
I slept like a log and woke up around five in the morning. The heating system in…
22 December – Clarks goes to shoe heaven
The tramway ran right in the front of my hotel – connecting most parts of Frankfurt. I…
