Blessing Inyang

Writer. Reader. Always learning.

3 essays published

Published Essays

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Witnesses

Sunlight seeped in through the open part of my window and so did a woman's voice. I listened closely. "Adam! Will you leave that place now before you fall into the gutter?" A door flew open. "Madam, p…

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Burial Rice

"Mummy, did you bring back burial rice?" That was always our first question whenever my mother returned from a funeral. She would barely be through the front door before my siblings and I crowded arou…

BBlessing Inyang JohnsonSeptember 8, 20264 min readgriefculture
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Measure

The question my mother asked most often about my childhood best friend wasn't whether she was kind. It wasn't whether she was brilliant. It wasn't even whether she was a good influence. It was always…