(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…

(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…

(cover photograph direction: Dagim Abebe) You are at the age of performing desirability. But it is Nneka, your roommate who primes herself like a broiler pumped with feed, eager for…

(cover photograph direction: Dagim Abebe) Egbunike is your husband. Remind yourself of this, whatever else he no longer is. Lover. Soulmate. Honey. You blame it on this small flat with…

CUE: Play Molly Drake’s ‘I Remember.’ HIM The pine tree was almost lifeless, nearly bare. A carpet of fallen needles and leaves with a chestnut hue had formed a rough…

July 06th The unrelenting rains ceased, dark clouds lifted, and we slowly began to count the dead — thirteen. From the muddy hills of Soufriere, to inundated valleys at Dennery,…

i. I removed the curtain just beyond the bar at Babou’s to enter the crimson haze of bodies jiving to psychedelic sounds. Securing my seat between the musicians and the…

If you want to convince someone that you’ve locked her up and there’s no escape, is it better to place a bigger padlock on the door instead of a smaller…

In commemoration of me, give your body to my death. For the fourth time, Rukkiyah died in a fire alongside her world. Rukkiyah died. This is all you need to…