The 2018 Writivism Festival, a celebration of African Arts and Literature
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Author: nantygreens
nantygreens
Creative works (literature, art and culture) emerging from Nigeria.
To my lover with love by Itiola Victor
In an overcrowded class
I found a friend who smiles, always
Her smile, enough to lighten my day
A shield from the draining sun
Life by Timi Sanni
Life
Of skinny children with empty bowls
Of moguls dressed in gilded attires
Of ancestors long gone
Abused by Ibrahim Williams
When you came to seek my commitment
You came wearing no sterns but smiles.
You knelt to our customs, and laid a-front my parents.
You promised me heaven, on earth,
Selfie by Joseph Akinnawonu
It must have caused
God a whole lot
to form me –
a steady hand
Declaration by Michael Akuchie
I love lingering
Lingering inside a bus
Hugging the fine facade of faces,
The driver’s face especially.
Another Day by Immaculata Abba
Orange clouds merge with the sun-filled spaces amidst leaf shadows on the wall
And our whole world becomes one gooey ember
Everywhere you look, the light is falling and even