“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…
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…
“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…
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…
“Songs I know” by Adura Ojo
image source: pixabay.com Songs I know leaves fall around the garden in amber / green seams in dotted corners /…
“How We Spell Fear In Ekosodin” by Michael Ifeanyi Akuchie
How We Spell Fear In Ekosodin run: your own shadow will betray you. hide: your fear will set you on…
“Echoes in Silence” by Oluwafemi Babasola
ECHOES IN SILENCE for all war survivors with open eyes our brothers sleep mother earth vomits crimson liquor these old…