Facelessness
It was a faceless time when we moved into the new compound that March, Ray and I, carrying our luggage in two great Ghana-must-go bags, and a carryall. In another…
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The Rise of a New Genre: A Conversation with T.L. Huchu
T. L. Huchu is a writer whose short fiction has appeared in publications such as Lightspeed, Interzone, AfroSF and elsewhere. He is the winner of a Nommo Award for African…
Issue 33 | May 2021
MEET THE TEAM CREDITS Editorial: When Loss Evolves Interview Motive and African Writing: A Conversation with Soji Cole Fiction Black Lives Always Matter The Worry List The Concubine One…
Meet the Team
Meet the Team FICTION EDITOR Nzube Nlebedim NONFICTION EDITOR Orji Victor Ebubechukwu POETRY EDITOR Chidiebube onye Okohia COPY EDITOR Nzube Nlebedim ARTS & PHOTOGRAPHY Jesudara Hinmikaiye (Nigeria) Elendu Wisdom Chikwado…
Editorial: When Loss Evolves
When Loss Evolves Loss marks a significant aspect of human reality. It morphs itself into varying forms in our lives, manifesting to some as a marker of freedom, and for…
To Catch Up With Hare & Stranded Prayers
To Catch Up with Hare Her sunken eyes are ships wrecked in a tempest of tears. I have no hands miraculous to help. & if there’s healing in sympathy,…
Gravity Pulls a Leaping Boy and Drags Him to Death
After Aremu Adams Adebisi Gravity pulls a leaping boy & drags him to death how long before a jump becomes a suicide how long before a boy becomes a…
Mother’s Instructions
Mother said, “never let your skirts go above your knees,” “Your thighs attract men’s hands,” “Don’t let your shirts show your shoulders or the path between your breasts, they cast…
To the Freedom Fighter
You do not spill fluid Burst a pipe To set it free. The freedom of a pipe Is its ability to deliver The fluid to the required destination. A kite…