3 Poems │ Shitta Faruq
May We Find Light After the Dark the journey is not too far from our legs;because the dust is a milkwood crescentadjacent to a sturdy boulder. we seekthe path from…More
Love’s Long Embrace │ Onuchukwu Joseph Chimezie │ Short story
The Mother Whenever Ekwutosi carries her child to the market, she lifts her face up to the sky as if she is sniffing God as she walks. It is her…More
3 Poems │ Gerald Obinna Ozota
Drinking Nectar Mama Nnuku!*It’s four years your daughter drank nectarand shut her gate over our faces _what kind of mother drinks and leave her children thirsty? I sit around this…More
September 2020 Writing Prizes Spotlighting The African Continent
The world wants to know more about Africa. These are calls for penetrative essays from writers all over the world on our struggles with climate change, ancestral ties and more.…More
Adunni’s Louding Voice as a Reflection of Female Aspirations │ Book Review
Book: The Girl With the Louding VoiceAuthor: Abi DarePages: 384Publisher: DuttonReviewer: Haneefah Bello Abi Dare’s debut novel is a crisp, brilliant account of a fourteen year old girl’s struggle against…More
I’m Unable to Love the Boy in My DM │ Semilore Kilaso │ Poetry
after Praise Osawaru every night, my phone transforms into a hospitalfront desk, hosting unsolicited calls andverses bleeding affection and its iteration.a labelled acquaintance texts me“hi baby.how was your day?have you…More
My Childhood Friend’s Mom as a Land of Memories │ Tukur Ridwan │ Poetry
my childhood friend’s mom as a land of memories when, like the wings of time, allare flying away from our hands,our memories hop and tryto catch them from departingabruptly, like…More
The Body as Metaphor for War │ Samuel Adeyemi │ Poetry
The Body as Metaphor for War another rape case echoes around your news feed. you scroll through the story& your fingers can almost touch blood. how much rage can the…More
Your Life is in Your Mouth │ Tayo Oladipo │Short story
So many times I have tried to kill myself. Not like I really wanted to, like people do these days, but some of the things I did almost cost me…More
3 Poems │ Ayonote-Yusuf Mariam
Heaven Is Not For Me I do not believe in heaven because what is heavenIf I could not loveThe trees, the breeze, the mist, you?That I would no longer wake…More