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November 2020

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Issue 30 | November 2020

  • November 29, 2020
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  MEET THE TEAM CREDITS EDITORIAL INTERVIEW POETRY Warri of No Worries Sadness in My Bone Love Aftermath I Want to Sleep Nigeria Away Some Verses of Wisdom & Tonight,…
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Meet the Team

  • November 29, 2020
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FICTION EDITOR Nzube Nlebedim NONFICTION EDITOR Onyedikachi Ottih GUEST POETRY EDITOR Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto COPY EDITOR Nzube Nlebedim ART & PHOTOGRAPHY Tosin Taiwo Doyin Deji
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Credits

  • November 29, 2020
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PUBLISHER Nzube Nlebedim PHOTOGRAPHS AND ART Tosin Taiwo (Facebook: Tosin Taiwo; Instagram: _tos.n; Twitter: _tos_n) Doyin Deji (Twitter: @doyin_deji; IG: @doyin.deji; Facebook: Doyin Deji) PRODUCTION Nzube Nlebedim ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Ogunjirin Peter,…
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Bloodline of Questions

  • November 29, 2020
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Martins Deep (he/him) is a Nigerian poet, photographer, & and student of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He is deeply passionate about documenting muffled stories of the African experience in his…
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From the Album — Remains of a Broken Plate

  • November 29, 2020
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Ishaq Adekunle is a Nigerian writer and visual artist. Recently, he has been trying to learn about the state of well being and reasoning among the African children, their good…
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Music, Football and Cockfights: A Kenyan Childhood

  • November 29, 2020
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  ‘Nearer to Nyeri, nearer to bliss.’ – Lord Baden Powell I was born in Nyeri County, Kenya, on William Shakespeare’s birthday. I didn’t know I shared a birthday with…
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Memories as Crevices Entombed with Loss

  • November 29, 2020
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  It is the kind of evening where the air is unmoving and frozen by heat. The absence of your creaking fan reminds you that there has been no power…
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In the Throes

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Juju is Orange

  • November 29, 2020
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  Chukwuokike, sometimes, Fada doesn’t help us quickly. He asks us to believe a lot, and we don’t see much. Medical center doesn’t heal us quickly, either. Some things seem…
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Les Choses Qui Arrivent Aux Autres or The Problems of Other People

  • November 29, 2020
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  Afu was startled by the screams of his most trusted associate, the one who saved him from punishment at school every morning: his old alarm clock. His eyes opened,…
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