Stories by Shawanatu Ishaka

Taraba Communities Are Choosing Words Over Weapons

The echoes of gunfire still haunt Abdullahi Wakili. What he remembers most, however, is the silence that followed — the silence of neighbours fleeing through the night, of homes left smouldering, of fear settling over Lau like harmattan dust. “We were always expecting a crisis at any moment. We could not sleep with both eyes …