Fiction and Poetry

The Dreamer | Short Story By Ornguze Nashima Nathaniel

You hate the policeman two blocks away from your house, but you want to be…

“Life’s Daunting Stare” & “Home As A Symbol Of Nostalgia” | Poems By Ewurama Tawiah Welbeck

Life’s Daunting Stare  Sometimes, life’s malicious stare can be daunting And grievous—  Taking away our…

The Spaces Between Stars | Short Story By Adédoyin Àjàyí

There’s a way the men at the lounge stare at you that makes you come…

two poems
“Knitting Grief” & “Conversations” | Poems by Pleasant Nneoma Stephen

Knitting Grief I ask the words of my grief to loosen and become. I tell…

two poems
Two Poems by Salihu Muhammad Ebba

Something About Beauty Is Broken  in the face of dark things, a boy stands there…

FLOODWATER | Poem By Al Ameen Muhammad

There is a woman —her voice dragged across the wet belly of Mokwa — mourning…

The Boy Who Brought Balloons
The Boy Who Brought Balloons | Short Story by Maryam Abdulkarim

There are some faces that fade into oblivion. You forget them; their structures, their voices,…

MIDNIGHTS
MIDNIGHTS | Fiction by David Agyei-Yeboah

Some days you get so horny you feel like you’re gonna die. It’s 4:15 am…

Clan
Clan | Poem by Victor Obukata

In my sleep,  I saw the family tree, men with waterproof bodies  engulfed in the…

Fine Geh
Fine Geh | Fiction by Chizitere Madeleine Nwaemesi

The first time I visited Uncle Idris’s mansion was with my mother. She was wearing…