Posts by: Amapomaa

Keka bi kyerƐ no

At this point, she has perforated my very thick nice-girl shell and it’s cracking badly. Because I'm pretty sure I know what's happening. You know those people who take a look at you from head to toe, all the while calculating how much respect to give you? Yep. Our theory is that her ladyship had taken a look at us, two unimpressive, ‘chingilingi’, baby-faced girls and apparently, decided to give us the ‘bad-child’ treatment. It’s not the first time something like this has happened to either of us.

All the Time in the World

I’m a pretty… nice guy. I mostly live a carefree fun life. Why not? I'm blessed with a good wife, a great job and near perfect children. I'm having the time of my life, and it shows. You’d like me if you met me. Just not today. Today, I’m sitting a conference room, morose, ruminating on the fickleness of life. We're here today and gone the next. Sometimes without warning. It sucks, you know. Even if you win the lottery and live forever, there’s so much we have to live with. The heartbreaks, betrayals. Loss.

To Get to You

The night bus to Accra was leaving the station. Asare was in a ‘Pragya’ that was barely moving, a few metres away. He was supposed to be on that bus. “Driver, stop stop.” He handed over a two-cedi note and...

One of those days (Obi man so)

In 2015, I was in Albany for a 3-month classroom training. It was my first time in the U.S and I was pretty psyched. My colleague and I set off for a department store, hauling along our work backpacks because,...

Nothing Happened

You’re sitting on the bare floor. Your hands are clasped, shoved between your thighs. You close your eyes, breathe in and out. Your mind is blocking it out. All of it. You pull your hands out, stare at them. They’re...

Addict

It’s happening. You're at the precipice. Stop or Play, it’s your choice. You're in control. You sigh. Control? There's no control. The tremor in your hand is proof of that.
How do you stop something that feels this good?
How is that even a choice you are expected to make?

Inside the woman

There is a little girl inside this woman beneath an impervious aura and sweet charm The girl who had no friends who was ridiculed because she played by the rules. The girl who tried so hard to fit in who...

Tomorrow

Hey there. Have you been missing deadlines lately? Are you doing now what you should have done yesterday? Did you just decide to read this post later? If your answer to any of these is yes, we need to talk....

I see you

“This is anonymous, right?” The man with the recorder smiled. Of course, it was. That was the only reason she had agreed to do the interview. There were no cameras, no one else in her tiny apartment. So why was...

My Somone-talking-about-you-doesn’t-know-you-understand-them moment

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It’s a normal day on site. I walk into the control room, stand behind my workstation and get busy. Behind me, an operator, a nice gentleman I torment occasionally, is chatting with a lady I don’t recognize. I’m not listening,...