Fiction and Poetry

Roll Call at the Crumbling Girl’s High School
“Roll Call at the Crumbling Girl’s High School” and Other Poems | By Tushar Sen

Roll Call at the Crumbling Girl’s High School Roll No. 1 is expected to outmature…

The Sufferer
The Sufferer | Poem By Obongofon Etuk

I.  The Loner I should laugh the loudest in rooms, I should make laughter à…

How Bodies Are Used as Storage Units in Sudan
“How Bodies Are Used as Storage Units in Sudan” and Other Poems | By Abigail George

How Bodies Are Used as Storage Units in Sudan (a series of twelve haiku) Sugar…

Light Streams In
Light Streams In | Short Story by Phodiso Modirwa

The house you live in has no full-length mirror, and this is by design. You…

Confession
Confession and Other Poems | By Rasheed Ayinla Shehu

Confession There is an opening beneath my skin with a layer of doors, closed and…

A Hunger That Has Forgotten How To Eat
“A Hunger That Has Forgotten How To Eat” | Short Story By Bello Taiwo Victoria

Naturalism says the answers to the universe are contained in the world itself, that there’s…

Beast of No Nation
“Beast of No Nation” and “Almajiri Girl” | Poems By Paul Chibuike Emenike

BEAST OF NO NATION  On 6th February 2025, the United Nations Secretary-General appealed for peace…

poems
Lyrical Ceremonies: On Poems by Agbaakin, Okigbo, and Umukoro

All three poems [“Tenebrae” by Agbaakin, “Come Thunder” by Okigbo, and “Mass” by Umukoro], in…

Fisherboy: An Abecedarian
“Fisherboy: An Abecedarian” | By Felix Eshiet

In 2016, reports say 16,200 Nigerians died of drowning, representing 22% of drowning deaths across…

At the World’s Edge
“At the World’s Edge” and Other Poems | By John Chinaka Onyeche

At the World’s Edge (After Kofi Awoonor)   I am here, where land forgets itself.…