like the mountains I’ve learnt to still myself amidst devouring downpours & hungry whirlwinds. I have quieted my tongue from stringing words that scatter me in many places at the same time. my mind had travelled the way of c h a o s / & my body bore the wreckage; many times. many…
In recent times, awarding the Nobel Prize by the Swedish Academy has assumed the predictive flair of a Russian roulette. The empty click of the gun trained on the public’s favorites, leave tears and warring opinions running; alongside these, faith, in that award committee that has for long, elevated worthy members of the literati. It…
O Nigeria, what happened your prestigious country filled with rich soil and valuable resources? O Nigeria, what happened? Our rich resources are all wasted by greedy politicians and corrupt senators. O Nigeria You were once a beautiful nation fresh as a baby but now you are filled with garbage and unknown Gunmen. O God of…
Today’s Sermon Imaam said to me–if you die, the soil would forbid touching your body & termites dare not dine on your flesh. Sounds like good news. So I smiled / nodded in affirmation/ & said– Have you not known, O Imaam ! That termites mustn’t come near bodies of God’s men Have you not…
A Brief Understanding Of Shelving & like most days when the sun colours my skin purple. My mind becomes a tourist in our family house, perusing every nooks and crannies. I sight a yellowed tray of steel with flowery designs, mother calls it tray of hope, says she inherited it from her mother, says it’s…
Hours after Dr Akunyili was killed by unknown gunmen in Anambara state, his daughter, Chidiogo released a heart wrenching post, devoid of vengeance, a call to the collective conscience of Nigeria as a people. She wrote, “ Ubuntu – ‘I am because we are’. If this holds true, then the man who pulled the trigger…
When your walls crumble upon you, motheris it better to sit and stare at the ruins andhope that time does not make you grindstone with your teethand lay caves that have swallowed tonguesand thirstsin your moutha mouth full of maggots Flies are festered beneath your liesEven as your eyesare glazed with the raysof sinking sun…
Nous avons le plaisir d’annoncer la liste des récits présélectionnés dans le cadre du projet Entre l’homme et Dieu, une anthologie de non-fiction créative par des femmes queer d’Afrique de l’Ouest organisée par Unoma Azuah, en partenariat avec Women Initiative for Sustainable Empowerment and Equality (WISE, Nigéria). Sur plus de 50 contributions reçues, vingt-deux histoires…
We are pleased to announce the long-listed stories for Wedged: Between Man and God, a creative non-fiction anthology of Queer West African Women’s stories to be curated by Unoma Azuah in partnership with Women Initiative for Sustainable Empowerment and Equality (WISE Nigeria). Out of a pool of over 50 entries received, twenty-two most outstanding stories…
It is with overwhelming excitement that we announce our best of the Net nominations for 2021. PoetrySampler by Onyenekwe ChiamakaAt Sunrise we are Waterfalls by Enobong Ernest Black Girls in Space with Space Buns by Yasmine BoldenDevotion by Jeremy T. KarnDeep the Droplets of Rain by Muna ChineduCataloguing Death by Olaitan Humble ProseTulip (the girl…
