Issue 30 | November 2020
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
FICTION EDITOR Nzube Nlebedim NONFICTION EDITOR Onyedikachi Ottih GUEST POETRY EDITOR Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto COPY EDITOR Nzube Nlebedim ART & PHOTOGRAPHY Tosin Taiwo Doyin Deji
Bloodline of Questions
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…
From the Album — Remains of a Broken Plate
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…
Music, Football and Cockfights: A Kenyan Childhood
‘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…
Memories as Crevices Entombed with Loss
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…
In the Throes
He knew he should have gotten rid of it earlier. There and then, swiftly and ruthlessly like a political opponent in a military state. The nerdy looking guy on…
Juju is Orange
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…
Les Choses Qui Arrivent Aux Autres or The Problems of Other People
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,…