“Legal, Illegal” by Linda Nabasa
Legal, Illegal His kidney is on a plane to Europe And it won’t be coming back What he has left…
“Again, Again” by Titilayo Adeoye
Again, Again I am seeing sights again Those strange legs mamma said I must not see If I see them,…
Women's Day Series: Black Woman Down, Black Woman Up
“left” © OsyMizpah Unuevho Black Woman Down, Black Woman Up by Shirley Jones-Luke after JP Howard We black women…
A Review of iRep Xchange 4.0
iRep Xchange 4.0 by Ebukah Emmanuel Nzeji I was at the iREP Xchange, held at Freedom Park, Onikan, Lagos. It’s…
“Falling in Love” by Oghenevbede Eruteya
Photo by Stefan Cosma on Unsplash FALLING IN LOVE I live in streets where love flogs a stepchild into coma,…
BN Poetry Award: My Son by Adhiamno Agoro (Kenya)
This poem is longlisted for BN Poetry Award. Fruit of my womb I beg to stay away And let you…
“The Phantom in My Brain” by Nwankwo Prosper .O.
Image by Selver Učanbarlić from Pixabay The Phantom In My Brain miracle sleeps in a coffin—a boy the sun appears…
“Soldier's Widow” by Nnamdi Laura Chioma
image source: pxhere SOLDIER’S WIDOW 10 years by, I am aging and wrinkling,Like my mother’s wrappers, forgotten deep down in…
“fishmoth” by Kharys Ateh Laue
photograph courtesy of Raphaela Linders fishmoth I afterwards the horror of that day recurs as a nightmyth / again he…
Travelogue and Photography: Emmanuel Iduma's A Stranger's Pose Out In October
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: A Stranger’s Pose by Emmanuel Iduma PUB DATE: World 16th OCTOBER 2018 & USA 7th November 2018 “Emmanuel…