Tuesday morning......  (They've just had breakfast. Aghogho is in her room when her phone rings. She checks. It's Tayo.) Aghogho: Tayo! Tayo! How are you and your family? Are you still in this country?  Tayo: Yes, I am. We're good. Aghogho: I hope all of you are staying safe?  Tayo: Yes, we are. I was … Continue reading Coro Wahala (20) →

Monday morning......  (The whole house is in tension. Okiemute and Obaro are not speaking to each other. Ese makes the breakfast, assisted by Rume. Everyone eats in silence.) Ese: (To Okiemute) Bros, I want to tell you something.  Okiemute: Sure. What is it?  Ese: Can you please come to the kitchen? (He follows behind her.) … Continue reading Coro Wahala (19) →

(It's Sunday morning. Aghogho enters the room, waking up the children.) Aghogho: Wake up! Wake up! Everybody, up, up! Time to bath. (Rume turns on her bed, covering her head with her wrapper.) Don't you dare, Rume. Stand up now!  Rume: (Grumbling, still looking sleepy.) Mummy naa. I slept very late.  Aghogho: So? How is … Continue reading Coro Wahala (18) →

(Rume is seated on a chair, reading a book when Vwede enters the room, dressed in a pink knee-length flowered gown.)  Vwede: Sister Rume, see me. (Rume drops her book and she starts walking stylishly from one end of the room.) Rume: (Smiling) Nice. This your dress is fine ooo. So, you really want to … Continue reading Coro Wahala (17) →

Rume is talking with her friends, Chidinma and Fareedat, on Skype. She had borrowed her dad's laptop as hers kept acting up. Her cousins kept going in and out of the room, banging the door. She turns to one of them, Jato, angrily.) Rume: If any of you enters this room again, I swear, I … Continue reading Coro Wahala (16) →