“As I Find Poems I Gather Them To Me” by Abigail George
Young innocent (majority). A head filled with grace And mercy. As tender as The night. This is my flesh. He…
AkeFest15: On People and Language
We are at Ake Arts and Book Festival and today, Jalada, a platform that promotes writings and translations in African…
Exhale & Exit by Stanley Princewill McDaniels
exhale (for Nkem) your breath forms a knot in your chest. loosen it exit . i have been days in…
Simple Things by Ama Udofa
You remind me of simple, yet beautiful things, like mimosa unfurling at dawn, every morning. like the far, yet deceitfully…
HamazonACADEMlA: #TEEP2015 Beneficiary
It has been celebration at HamazonACADEMlA since the film academy was recognized as a beneficiary of #TEEP2015 (Tony Elumelu African…
“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…
“fishmoth” by Kharys Ateh Laue
photograph courtesy of Raphaela Linders fishmoth I afterwards the horror of that day recurs as a nightmyth / again he…
Infidel by Kenechi Uzor
Infidel by Kenechi Uzor I moved to Lagos for the infidel girls, the Christian girls Idris said abounded in that…
THE MYTH AND MIRTH OF BIRTH IN UCHEOMA ONWUTUEBE'S 'ISE!'
There’s “a dark and wild region” in John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” and also in Ucheoma Onwutuebe’s “Ise!”; but while it…
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Itan Lati Owo Onkowe Minage Gloria Nwaniga Itumo Si Ede Yoruba Lati Owo Onkowe James Ogunjimi *** Maami fariya ni…