De-Raconteur

ON SUBMISSION Written By: Lizzy Oyebola Oyekunle “See, the truth is that as long as she is not ready to submit to me in this house, we shall continue to have problem in Jesus’ Name. Amen.” Big Brother said with a finality as he banged the center table around which he, his wife and I […]

  SMALVILLE COLLEGE Written By: Lizzy Oyebola Oyekunle “I hate you bitch!” I heard myself scream at Ava and I swallowed almost immediately. Where did I pick the word from? When did I start using swear words? As I panted angrily, I racked my brain to remember who used that word close to me in […]

  NOT HIS ‘YES’ (A Christian Love Story) (Based on some true life stories) Written By: Lizzy Oyebola Oyekunle Lizzy: Lord, I ask that You speak to the soul about to read this story that such person may be charged and hear correctly from You what You want he/she to hear. Amen. ——- 6/4/2013 (IN […]

SMALLVILLE COLLEGE (SMC) EPISODE 2 WRITTEN BY: LIZZY OYEBOLA OYEKUNLE Good evening dearest reader. I am so sorry for just getting across to you with the second episode of this beautiful story. Kindly forgive me as it was not intentional. In order for the story to be refreshed in your memory, I would like you […]

  THE AFTER-LEAP Written by: Lizzy Oyebola Oyekunle As I glanced over the several wraps of Shawarma, boxes of chocolate, bowls of candies and packs of fruit juice on the dressing table next to me, I wept!   “Holiness unto the Lord is my watchword and song…” My phone rang and my heart jumped into […]

FREE BOOK ALERT!- GLEANINGS   Oh yes! So, this is me welcoming you on board, de-raconteur.com again.   In the previous blog-post, I had told you that the blog is 2 today, right?   So, I want to appreciate you. Since the time the blog kicked off in January, 2016 till now, it has enjoyed […]

DE-RACONTEUR IS BACK AND 2     I hope you are not so angry with me, ehn. I just dropped the first episode of SMALLVILLE ACADEMY and left it that way…oh my!   I am deeply sorry! I am not sure you know how sorry I am but indeed, I am so sorry!   I […]

  Photo Credit: De-Raconteur pictures   SMALLVILLE COLLEGE (SVC) WRITTEN BY: LIZZY OYEBOLA OYEKUNLE EPISODE 1 “SmallVille College sir?” I asked, so confused. I didn’t know if I should be glad or start crying or even fight! As far as I knew, SmallVille College was not a school for such a person as me. It […]

  MY HEART’S IDOL Written By: Lizzy Oyebola Oyekunle When I was 16years old, I met a guy who my heart told me was my soul mate. He was a corps member in my school and he taught me Maths so well that from being an E student, I rose to a B student! It […]

  BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU TAKE IN Written By: Esther IbukunOluwa Oyekunle Sometimes back, I enrolled online with one Professor of Psychology for tutorship and mentoring. I met over 80 participants there who also, like me, have interest in attitude and behaviour change communication. The class seemed to be completely all I desired. Soon, our […]