#Babishai2016 Poetry Festival Guest Interview: Ngatia Bryan
Ngatia Bryan is a performance artist, poet, writer and filmmaker based in Nairobi, Kenya. His performances blend storytelling with poetry…
Things I Was Told Not to Think About by Mary McCarthy
Artwork by poet Mary McCarthy We are pleased to present Things I Was Told Not to Think About, a chapbook…
Beyond Language
By Eddy Ongili There must be a way to feel To live To turn off logic To derail thoughts in…
“Elegy for Ikeogu Oke” by Neil Creighton
Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay Elegy for Ikeogu Oke Always the relentless tide comes in. Sometimes it…
Poetry of Redemption and the Brief History of a Queer Body
hallowed, available from www.damagedgoodspress.com Darlington: Chibụìhè, when I read your poems, I find myself re-turning to the depth of the…
Without Words: Spoken Word by AP
Without Words is a powerful spoken word about love by Andrew Patience popularly known as AP WITHOUT WORDS Should much…
For Those We Couldn't Have
By Eddy Ongili We were enraged and battle-hardened persons in the field of life But, when they first touched our…
“What is Love?” by Nasir Umar Abdullahi
Image by Lars_Nissen from Pixabay What is Love? Love, Is an invisible plant, That germinates, Steadily grows, In a voluptuous…
On Translating Bushra al-Fadil's The Story of the Girl Whose Birds Flew Away – Interview with Max Shmookler
Max Shmookler is the translator of 2017 Caine Prize winning short story, The Story of the Girl Whose Birds Flew Away.…
“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…