Fiction and Poetry

Afrocritik’s 50 Remarkable Short Stories of 2025
Afrocritik’s 50 Remarkable African Short Stories of 2025

Are our stories accessible to their primary audience? Whose interests are served by placing our…

Three poems
Three Poems | By TobI Aluko

Roses for Qu  The seagulls keow remind me  that the beach is not far away. …

How to “Hide My ID” Like a Typical Northern Housewife

Paint his picture. Make sure the picture bears his claws. Make sure you show his…

poems
“Time After Time” & “Buy Her an Air Fryer” | Poems by Sheila Ngei

Time After Time  Like a rain cloud,  there’s a heaviness I come carrying  a weight…

The Geometry of Nonsense
The Geometry of Nonsense | Poem By Obongofon Etuk

1. An Adult Dwarf The dwarf grew up last Saturday  in a breath not in…

Mine Too Counts
“Mine Too Counts” Review: Agbeye Oburumu Gives Voice to the Pains of the Nigerian Masses

What Agbeye Oburumu offers in Mine Too Counts is a chorus that runs through the…

poems
“I Give You Softness” and Other Poems | By Olobo Ejile

I Give You Softness I am sending you stars through this morning mist, sending roses…

Àtìpó: The Stranger I Have Become
“Àtìpó: The Stranger I Have Become” and Other Poems | by Olamoyegun Noah O

Àtìpó: The Stranger I Have Become In the trenches, darkness chewed my bones, spitting out…

Two Poems
Two Poems | By Salama Wainaina

Verses that Spring from a Dying Lily of the Valley Prologue: (My vanity, twisted as…

Dearth Warning Signs
Dearth Warning Signs | Poem By Peace Ogunjemilua

skipping meals like fleeing sins: they say fasting draws you closer to God, but i…