“My Girlfriend Of Five Years Left Me On My Graduation Day Because I Hadn’t ‘Become Something.’ Months Later, I Was Carrying Blocks For 13 Naira Each When She Pulled Up In Her New Man’s G-Wagon And Laughed, ‘Is This The Big Plan?’ She Had No Idea What I’d Just Found In A Stone On My Way Home.”

in peace.” “Is there really any peace for a poor man?”

That evening, I told my mother. “Chidima came to the block industry. She asked if carrying blocks was the reason I went to university. I wanted to answer her.” “Why didn’t you?” “Because I knew she wanted me to lose my temper.” “You are not a failure because somebody refused to believe in you.” continue reading …