Review of my novel 'The Blind Heart' done by Imani Bey

Her countenance was like an angel’s, so radiant. With a fixated gaze, I beheld her

countenance for eternity. Her appearance was

comely, a beauty to behold, and even in the

company she was in, she shone like a million

diamonds in darkness. Her smile was the blessing

of Venus. She was perhaps the most beautiful thing

in skirts I ever saw.

The Blind Heart is Adebanji Koiki’s autobiographical narrative of his youth’s infatuation at a glance. As a young man, Adebanji’s life, with his family, then amongst his friends and in his university, lost its idyllic, hardy pleasure when his heart was stolen by a gaze at a beautiful young lady. Koiki leads you through the story of his puerile-hearted love, through feelings of discouragement, seeming victories, and the endless, whimsical complications of his weak-willed, irresolute lover, with the story ending, as most real life stories do, in disappointment and defeat. I recommend this story to anyone willing to take a sympathetic read at a real story of a real man and his struggles with the thing that we carelessly call love.

I guess in life, we don’t always get everything we

want . . . .

Imani Bey is a prolific writer, she also manages http://novel-news-earthworld.blogspot.com

Crazy Africans

Crazy is not a word a blogger would use on his blog just few seconds after signing up. Believe me, it is the best to describe majority of our African leaders.

I have carried my black skin proudly, sang songs in the ears of those who cared to listen that I'm Nigerian and equally African, I have boasted of all we have but my leaders. Leaders who have embarrassed, embezzled, and transformed Africa to a shame for those of us who pride ourselves as her populace.

The world only see poverty and a people without vision and care for their citizenry when they hear Africa. This is not my Africa! This is not the Africa I grew in! The land of plenty that the white man tried to explore, the people that fought to die for their neighbours than to see them being carried away as slaves. The land where everyone greeted the other with encouraging words. A land of mutual respect!

Unfortunately, Nigeria got rich so also other African countries discovered treasures (natural resources) in their lands-the reason we suffer.

Little wonder then, when the world over say Africans are crazy. Their logic is very simple. We discovered wealth and our people became poor. The same resources meant to give us joy has led to turmoil.

We are indeed crazy!

Yes we are but not everyone of us,I say most of our leaders are.

Our leaders especially Nigerians are so greedy, so they embezzle all they can. Small brain! really really small!

Men who claimed to be educated but failed to see beyond the nose. Men with the greatest opportunity in life to better the lives of people but choose to steal. Men without vision who only love the idea of leadership.

Men who are quick at receiving aids without shame when we have more than enough, yet funds for their personal accounts. Men who build the biggest houses, buy the most expensive cars with government money and drive them on bad roads.

Avarice is what it is called! Brainlessness is what I call it.

Crazy African leaders, the world don't respect you when you stock up money in their banks. They think you're a fool!