Nigerian literature
A Review of Dami Ajayi’s Affection & Other Accidents | Joseph Akinnawonu
In what is Dami Ajayi’s third collection of poetry, Affection and Other Accidents, the title of the poem, reveals the poet to the reader–his artistry, a part of his human self, and his experiences, outlined by multiplicities of accidents. As a deviant from his former works A Woman’s Body is a Country and Clinical Blues,…
Syncity NG Anniversary Anthology Competition & Prize
In celebrating its one year anniversary, Syncity NG is compiling an e-anthology and a competition. Syncity is seeking to publish 10 stories that reflect the evolving nature of storytelling from Nigeria today. If you are a writer, you should check this out and hopefully win the prize. According to Syncity NG We’re compiling an anniversary anthology…
An agitation for the rebirth of popular literature in Nigeria by Nurudeen ARIBISALA
The Onitsha market literature holds the legacy of birthing the Macmillan pacesetter series — a series introduced in 1977 for young adults, publishing the bulk of the novels between 1977 and 1980. Dominated mainly by Nigerian authors, interspersed with a few Kenyans, South Africans and Ghanaian authors, they produced titles such as: ‘Evbu, my love’,…
Codeine Diet by Dami Ajayi
Codeine Diet Online is a weak cyber-metaphor for high But you already know Like you know blue is still the colour of the sky
Nightingale
by Titilope Alake I want to be a beautiful bird Precisely..Odidere Odidere and its flashing wonders With its garments of bright colours Then I shall call a show in the Sun And invite all other birds to the contest And Okin Okin with its feathers of pride And Ogongo Ogongo and…
ILU SIONI (Illusion) Episode 1
…Fido raced on like a mad dog out of hell. it was one of those adrenalin controlled moments in ones’ life when the brain and its’ reasoning capabilities suddenly go on vacation or take a back seat and let reflex drive. there were four…no, five hefty guys on at his back and they…
CELEBRATING CHRISTOPHER OKIGBO: POETRY NIGHT
CELEBRATING CHRISTOPHER OKIGBO:POETRY NIGHT anchored by acclaimed poet Odia Ofeimun The Life House with the support of Ayaka Magazine will host readings and discussions of Christopher Okigbo's Poetry. Christopher Okigbo is widely acknowledged as the outstanding postcolonial English-language African poet and one of the major modernist writers of the twentieth century. An…
Arewa by eDriiz
Your beauty bubbles like red palm oil being extracted from the banga fruit Your eyes so bright like the miday sun filled with soft tenderness You stand tall and gracefull amidst the maidens like the iroko stands amidst the forest trees Your black hair sweeping down your shoulders kissing the nape of your spine…
For Jumoke Verissimo by Rasaq Malik
FOR JUMOKE VERISSIMO [/caption] (Memories are many on these lanes) In silence I heard your raging voice Tramp-ling down Cursed elders In the lineage of our Shattered histories In silence I witnessed your arrival In the moments of tears You dried our tears-soaked linens And washed away memories of ruined moments II Those sequences…
R.I.P Kate by Uzuazo Onwah
"My God," She sighed and raised her head, "The early bird is still unfed." In great despair, with silent cries She bowed her head and wiped her eyes. Her clothes unwashed, her books untouched, To say the least, her needs were much. She'd been kneeling to pray to God, But she hadn't uttered a…