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Bankole Banjo<br />
Fourteen Years<br />
rolled out her prayer mat. She would make prayers for the repose <strong>of</strong> her dear brother’s soul,<br />
the one they called Alfa Aluta, the one who first called her Ray.<br />
“Inna Lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un,” she solemnly began. A dam <strong>of</strong> grief bursts giving way to<br />
streams <strong>of</strong> tears.<br />
Bankole writes to live. Winner <strong>of</strong> the Christmas Nostalgia<br />
Contest (Naija <strong>Stories</strong> 2012); Finalist, Farafina New African<br />
Writing contest (2013); Gold Winner, Young Lagos Advertising<br />
Ideas Festival (young LAIF 2012); Winner, Miami Ad School<br />
Scholarship competition (2014); he currently heads the Creative<br />
Team at the Lagos <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> a multinational ad agency. His short<br />
stories have been featured in a couple <strong>of</strong> anthologies including<br />
the ANA Review (2013), Of Tears and Kisses, a collection<br />
<strong>of</strong> short stories on Naija <strong>Stories</strong> (2012), A Basket <strong>of</strong> Tales, a<br />
Benue ANA publication (2015), amongst others. He tweets via @<br />
banky_writes.<br />
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