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Meet Somali-British poet Momtaza Mehri .

Book Review: The Cost of Survival.

 

 

 

Behind The Cost of Survival

 

The Cost of Survival is a science  fiction thriller exploring the dark side of human nature from a world on

Dark Waters

It’s the pains of life: the incessant demands.
I can’t take anymore.
I am just a simple man and I do what I can do. But more is demanded of me, much more. Too much more. They put the demands of a hundred men on my head and I falter and fall under the load, the weight forces my neck down, my knees wobbling and my every step in life is laborious.

Fiction

Allen Avenue

         I’m still unemployed. It’s been two years, seven months and four hours since I last worked.

        Disgraceful ?

        I have a degree in Finance and an MBA and I still can’t get a job. My C.V has travelled the length and breadth of Nigeria, both online and by snail mail, literally begging for a job, doing the rounds of all employment agencies but to no avail.

      I’ve tried the old boys’ network, I’ve tried the people I know and don’t know. I’ve tried praying; going to countless churches in the hope the Almighty might see my plight and answer my prayers. I’ve even tried begging, again all to no avail.

     And when you’re unemployed your options are very limited. Should I turn to crime, do 419 or become a politician or pastor? The career possibilities of all the aforementioned are somewhat limited and normally have an inglorious end.