“Going Home” by Lukpata Lomba Joseph
image source: pixabay.com Going Home i.My children used to singand dance under multipleeyes of the sky; the skyperches on my…
“Weather Talks” by Nancy Oluchi Eluwa
photograph courtesy of Cheryl Matthews WEATHER TALKS If only the cloud Could walk down to me And whisper…. I am…
BN POETRY AWARD: Death-fall by Nick Makoha (Uganda)
This poem by Nick Makoha is longlisted for BN Poetry Award. Before Koni, before Museveni, before Obote’s second term, before…
The Texture of Air – 15 Questions for Sodiq Alabi
Uche Peter Umez interviews Sodiq Alabi, poet and essayist, and the author of The Texture of Air. Read: What’s poetry…
“Jasmine” by Felipe Rodolfo Hendriksen
Image by Olga Pomoz from Pixabay Jasmine Everyone said, When she invited me to her House, That she wanted to…
“Our Last Supper” by Godstime Nwaeze
Image by wdkunze from Pixabay Our Last Supper Dinner tonight is the last tuber of yam in our barn –…
THE SPIRIT OF US – photography-poetry collaboration by Carl Scharwath & Deborah Setiyawati
“The Spirit of Us” – photograph by Carl Scharwath The Spirit of Us poem by Deborah Setiyawati There was an…
The Last Supper
By Estrella Gada Omaye, They have served us a steaming meal of fear; Empty bullet shells for rice And bloodied…
“Hotel” by Chinwe Aga’ekwe
The Old Homestead, Umuaka. Lesley Agams 2015 Hotel The first time I stayed at a Hotel it felt like I…
On Writing about Gender and Winning the Writivism Prize – An Interview with Munachim Amah
Munachim Amah, an alumnus of the 2016 Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop facilitated by Chimamanda Ngozi Adicihie, is the 2017 winner…