(cover photograph direction: David Obi) The Black Ink I rose sluggishly one day No desire for school. On an empty stomach, I left home. My tattered bag Dangling from my…

(cover photograph direction: David Obi)   This place raids my mind like a fever dream.   Storms whipping the buildings like the anger of God.   When I smash the…

(cover photograph direction: David Obi) Christian Emecheta is a multifaceted creator who blends writing, illustration, and computer science. His fiction and poetry grace prestigious publications including Arts Lounge Magazine, Step…

(cover photograph direction: David Obi) (Praise for Samuel Adeyemi’s Anti-funeral) Today everything is beautiful You will read the entirety of this poem in disbelief, as a driver speeds around the…

(cover photograph direction: David Obi) It is the job of mumbled prayers to help you calm your hurts and fears. – Roger Robinson Crisis, this that I’m into. They say…

(cover photograph direction: David Obi) The brown dust on the horizon, speaks of the cold to come beforehand, and the fresh memories of the festival in December, a time when…

(cover photograph direction: Victor Akhere) The Wall When we saw skyscrapers gleaming in the distance, we dug our heels harder into the ground; cheered our bodies   to conquer the…

(cover photograph direction: Victor Akhere) Salama Wainaina is a Kenyan writer and poet who explores human connections by weaving personal reflections and the nuances of everyday life. Her work has…

(cover photograph direction: Tobi Amida) Dacious Kasoka is an economist, poet, and machine learning engineer. A 2023 Best of the Net nominee, his poems have been published and are forthcoming…