Issue 21 | January 2025
Meet the Team Credits Editorial: Pulling Dawn Interview The Soulful Empathy of Niq Mhlongo Poetry promise in my country is another way of gambling lives Bullet, and Pandemic Loss, and…
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January 2025
24 posts
Meet the Team
(photo credit: Pixabay) Guest Poetry Editor Rasaq Malik Gbolahan Fiction Editor Nzube Nlebedim Nonfiction Editor Orji Victor Ebubechukwu Editorial Assistant Uche Anaekwe Art and Photography Victor Akhere Tobi Amida…
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Between Here and There | Salma Ahmed
(cover photograph direction: Victor Akhere) The sign of the club frowned at Eli as he headed toward the back door. The entertainers and cooks in The Cotton Club had memorised…
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Martyrs of the Chalice | Immaculate Halla
(cover photograph direction: Victor Akhere) My sister was pregnant. For four months now. I’m the one who sleeps with Makrina in the same bed, but I didn’t know it…
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When the Dead Return Home | Ndakotsu Abubakar
(cover photograph direction: Victor Akhere) When Edati’s husband rises from his grave, Edati welcomes him with a sullen face. She is displeased that he rises late. From the information Iya…
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Three Poems | Ber Anena
(cover photograph direction: Victor Akhere) The Wall When we saw skyscrapers gleaming in the distance, we dug our heels harder into the ground; cheered our bodies to conquer the…
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The Making of a Messiah | Salama Wainaina
(cover photograph direction: Victor Akhere) Salama Wainaina is a Kenyan writer and poet who explores human connections by weaving personal reflections and the nuances of everyday life. Her work has…
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Majd | Dacious Kasoka
(cover photograph direction: Tobi Amida) Dacious Kasoka is an economist, poet, and machine learning engineer. A 2023 Best of the Net nominee, his poems have been published and are forthcoming…
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Archive ‘24 | Star Zahra
(cover photograph direction: Tobi Amida) Today, it rains somewhere in Africa. A light bulb flashes weakly on and off. A door opens into tomorrow, But no one enters. …
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