Felix-Abrahams Obi
Obi Felix is a Physiotherapist and writer based in Abuja. He is a member of the Association of Nigerian Authors, as well as Abuja Literary Society. The writer has written many articles, poems, short stories and essays which have been published in Nigerian newspapers and anthologies. He is the moderator of Cry of Adam Network, which is devoted to bringing emotional and spiritual healing to the wounded. He can be reached via EMAIL, or BLOG
Articles by this Author
Lamentations of a Writer
- By Felix-Abrahams Obi
- Published 02/4/2010
- Arts & Reviews
- Unrated
Somebody should have told me way back that I'll someday carry burdens like Atlas of ancient Greece which no one can help offload from my heart. For if I had known, I would have played out the worst-case scenario in my mind...
Abuja Opera 2009 and the Wait for the Special Guest of Honour
- By Felix-Abrahams Obi
- Published 11/29/2009
- Arts & Reviews
- Unrated
Barring the lateness of the Special Guest of Honour, Operabuja 2009 lived up to its high billing and once again satisfied the longings of many who have had enough of comedy shows and music concerts where DJs helped artists to mime their songs...
I Stand On Existing Protocols
- By Felix-Abrahams Obi
- Published 11/29/2009
- Health & Environment
- Unrated
Nigeria, the sleeping giant of Africa and its leaders and privileged citizens are still mounting podiums and making speeches and addresses rather than getting our hands dirty by doing what is needful to turn the tide of underdevelopment in our country...
They Call Me A Fag...But Am I Really Gay?
- By Felix-Abrahams Obi
- Published 11/12/2009
- Miscellaneous
- Unrated
A cult of boys who grew up into men overnight. A group of boys whose psyche and sexuality has become transformed. Angry at other men, and abhorrers of women but lustful of some men. A strange world that I found myself in...
Borne on Dis-virgined Eagle's Wings
- By Felix-Abrahams Obi
- Published 09/29/2009
- Travel & Leisure
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The Igbo woman whose prayer was most dramatic on the flight told me how she had a dream while in China the previous day. The melodrama involved her pastor who forcefully restrained her from entering a particular flight in the dream and after the exchange, she had woken up and the nightmarish scare nudged her to pray...
Uncle Bros., My Neighbour's Son
- By Felix-Abrahams Obi
- Published 09/29/2009
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Since Emmanuel's dad grew up in Benin, we mutually call each other 'Bros' and being his 'Uncle', this kid's genius reckoned that I should be called 'Uncle Bros' and the name has stuck with us all, and that's what his parents call me as well...
When a Christian Slumbers
- By Felix-Abrahams Obi
- Published 08/7/2009
- Religion & Philosophy
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Prayer is one aspect of my Christian experience that has been inconsistent and has received the worst attention over time. It is my story and the stories of countless Christians across the world, yet we wonder why we are not making the impact that Jesus had promised...
A Fashionable Christafarian vs Rastafarian
- By Felix-Abrahams Obi
- Published 07/8/2009
- Religion & Philosophy
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I was a church boy who didn't have the nerves to rebel like Rastafarians, and the little courage in me was snuffed out in med school where I was literally banned from wearing jean trousers...
To Abraham, My Father!
- By Felix-Abrahams Obi
- Published 06/24/2009
- Religion & Philosophy
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Another Father's Day had come and gone. I'd wished you were here to hear it from my mouth that I cherish you for being my father. Though I have no memory of you locked up anywhere in my conscious mind...
Cobhams Asuquo: An Intense Worship Experience With A True Psalmist & God Freak
- By Felix-Abrahams Obi
- Published 06/23/2009
- Interviews & Profiles
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According to Cobhams Asuquo, faith is like a habit that we develop. Like when a man slaps a woman once, it becomes easier to do it a second time till it becomes a bad habit…
