a picture showing moyo okediji sitting next to his artwork

CAMPUS TALES

ByMoyo Okediji

CAMPUS TALES

She said, “I’m certain I’m not a C grade material,” she complained to me. “During my School certificate exam, I scored A grades in most of my courses, and was admitted to the university. Once there, I attended all the lectures, studied really hard and was always ready for the exams. But then, whenever I got my scripts back, I always scored a C grade. I became curious and confused because my friends who did not study, partied throughout the semester and paid no attention to classes, always scored A and B+ grades.”

a picture showing moyo okediji sitting next to his artwork

ÌWÀ

ByMoyo Okediji

ÌWÀ

“Olódùmarè has several wives,” my father said. “Do you know that?”

We were strolling back home from his writing workshop that evening, and I was seventeen. I always accompanied him to his writing workshops where he taught playwriting

a picture showing moyo okediji sitting next to his artwork

PUBLIC PROPERTY

ByMoyo Okediji

***This is a story that my Luo friend told me. She says it’s from among the Luo people of Kenya.

In Yoruba we call it “Àǹfààní àdúgbò.”

Please help me translate Àǹfààní àdúgbò to Oyinbo.

Wife 1: Our husband has not yet returned home?

Wife 2: No o. It is now 11 pm.