Flowers Were Her Eyes
KOMOLAFE BOLUWATIFE I am going to spend a good percentage of my life in Lagos, the western part of Nigeria. But I share an intense love for Imo, in the…
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LETTER TO RISIKATU
MELONY AKPOGHENE TO RISI Pain is not just the twinge you feel when you prick your finger with the needle as you stitch up the holes in your shirts. It…
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WHEN A MAN FINDS A SHELL
NZUBE NLEBEDIM Young man walks lazily, kicking the soft sand underneath his bare foot. The morning fog lies thick overhead. He looks up with dreary eyes. The fog is beautiful,…
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A STRANGE CASE OF HAPPENSTANCE
EMMANUEL MICHAEL Tomorrow, it will be six months since you moved out of the house and began a new story. You do not look like it, like the gaunt man…
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A BUS RIDE HOME
MURTHADHO SOHFIYYAH It was the 19th of March 2020, three weeks since Nigeria confirmed its first case. With only twelve confirmed cases at the time, the panic and fear were…
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THE BET SLIP
SAMUEL MONYE The first time my father spoke to me was at a bet shop. I turned from the Vanguard Newspaper I was reading to meet his stare. My heart…
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