Death by Fire
BEATON GALAFA There should be a name for death by fire. those people that burn bound to large wooden stakes, run wild with tyres around necks, screaming, or inhale…
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Fragment of Hidden Names
OJO OLUMIDE EMMANUEL everything you fathom, everything you imagine, are bones/stark dry/ people’s name are bones, too. someone called out, choked. names, here, are over-washed echoes white washed & hidden…
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Sunday Morning & Candlelight
LUCIUS NDIMELE SUNDAY MORNING Cock crows escort a staggering thought to the church bell. I wake up searching for myself among scattered verses… on the way, a child picked and…
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Refugees’ Testament & In my Family, Grief Keeps Biting our Eyes
JEREMY T. KARN REFUGEES’ TESTAMENT “…the Ghanaian National Police raided the camp and took away over 800 women and children to an unknown destination.’’ —Melissa Chea-Annan in Accra, baba said…
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Daughter of Confidence
AYOOLUWA OLASUPO (IMISI) I should have been the child of an angel, But my mother had no money to buy wings. She was always in her apron, kneading dough on…
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Examining Racial-Based Extra-Judicial Killings in America: Amadou Diallo to Jacob Blake
ALEXANDER OPICHO The YouTube video clips showing how the white-American policemen shot Jacob Blake, a black man, are very troubling. They conjure all sorts of feelings of distaste; it is…
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Before I Jump into Water
OLAJUWON ALHAYTHAM ADEDOKUN If you have ever watched your city burn, Your dreams will learn to count victims. one, you, two, home, three is your love for home.…
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Flight 86A
UFUOMA BAKPORHE You know how waiting makes your skin crawl and you hate it. It is why you never wait for your friends to finish dressing up before you…
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The White Linen
OGBONNA CHIMEZIE The buzzing sound of the fireflies, the flapping of their wings and the clapping of their tiny legs serenaded the entire atmosphere. I pushed my feet into…
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