“Nightswimmer Junior Struggles in Green Bay” by Todd Mercer
image source: pexels.com Nightswimmer Junior Struggles in Green Bay Great swim, but then a storm rolled in. N.J. was unprepared,…
My Farafina Story: Miracle Adebayo
The Farafina Trust Creative Writing workshop, facilitated by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was held last month. Praxis spoke to some of…
ORLO'DEH-DEH ADAM KA'LUM (ALL THE THINGS MY FATHER TOLD ME) by Akor Emmanuel Oche
ORLO’DEH-DEH ADAM KA’LUM is a poem written in Idoma. The poem is written and translated by Akor Emmanuel Oche. ORLO’DEH-DEH…
So, Now That We Have Killed Her by Obinna Udenwe
Nnedi came to visit and discovered that Edward was living with a younger woman and all hell was let loose.…
“Whatever Language It Takes” by Scott Thomas Outlar
Whatever Language It Takes I will stand, steadfast, spine straight, ever-faithful, patient, with thoughts of you kept close to my…
“Demarcation” by Megha Sood
image source: pexels.com Demarcation That frail evening marking the shadows of the long summer days a bird perched on the…
“KAWALWALNIYA (WISHFUL GROPER)” by Maryam Gatawa
photograph by Angelique Schreiber KAWALWALNIYA (WISHFUL GROPER) A Hausa poem accompanied by its English translation. Ina amfanin kogin da ke…
“Blood In My Eye: The Poetics of Trauma and Memory” by Dominique Christina
image source: pixabay.com To paraphrase, James Baldwin said that to be Black in this country is to be in a…
What Comes After the Birds: Review of Ope Adedeji's After the Birds
Review of Ope Adedeji’s After the Birds by Carl Terver A certain premonition is cast over Ope Adedeji’s short story…
October In Lagos
October in Lagos by Ebukah Emmanuel Nzeji It was a busy and exciting October for me—from the Lights Camera Africa!!!…