… At 6 p.m., Angela met up with her friend Caroline at a fast-food joint in Agla, a neighborhood in Cotonou. She planned to tell her that she would soon be leaving Cotonou to continue her studies in Goleta, and she knew Caroline wouldn’t take it well. Her friend had always been possessive and couldn’t […]
… Lisa Awalé was lying naked on the bed. Next to her, her boyfriend Roland had his eyes glued to his phone. They had just made love. After a while, Lisa had stopped counting—and stopped feeling guilty. After the conversation she had had with the old motorcycle-taxi driver, she had wanted to end things with […]
Goléta, Wednesday, December 8 She cast another sweeping glance around the room without getting up. Something had come into this room (or someone). She was certain of it. Lisa was also sure she had been awake for a while already. She felt as if she had been stuck between sleep and wakefulness. A kind of […]
1:00 PM He wore a blue shirt over black trousers. He had on navy blue sneakers with white soles. His broad shoulders filled out his shirt, and he wore sunglasses to shield his eyes. With his backpack slung over one shoulder, he stood calmly in front of classroom B3. His wait was brief, as the […]
Wednesday, December 8th, 4:00 PM “If the anomaly is due to a chromosome issue, we call it a chromosomal abnormality. These types of anomalies may result from the presence of an extra chromosome in one of the pairs, or from the absence of a chromosome in a pair (monosomy). Sometimes it’s only a part of […]
An African wise man once said that spilled water cannot be gathered again. The same goes for harsh words — once spoken, they act like arrows shot at your partner. Therefore, never say things like the following to your husband or wife: In addition, for healthy communication, you must: This text is an excerpt from […]
As long as you are alive, you interact with people in your environment. Whether you’re going to the store or a shopping mall to buy something, during the 5 or 10 minutes you spend there, you interact with people. You might meet someone buying the same item, laugh, share a few jokes, and then never […]
what are these relationships? They are relationships that have a role to play in your life. Throughout your life, as long as you are alive, these relationships are meant to remain, and they are the ones for which you must be willing to pay the price – under God – to maintain, because something about […]
Five years ago, a man called me in tears, saying he wasn’t lazy and that his university results had just come out—he had done very well. However, there was one subject in the second semester that he had not passed due to circumstances beyond his control. The reason for this young man’s distress was that […]
In the Scriptures, the flood marks a dark and significant turning point in human history, highlighting the extent of the corruption of the human heart. Before the flood, the Bible describes a society drowned in violence, where wickedness seems to have taken root in every aspect of human life. This chapter addresses the state of […]
