Fiction and Poetry

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.…

Oli Wa Wa
“Oli Wa Wa?” | Short Story By Innocent Baluge

“Oli wa wa?” he shouted, his voice cutting through the chaotic buzz of downtown Kampala.…

Onyekachi Iloh, Yomi Folaranmi, and Gboyega Odubanjo
“Three Hymns”: On Poems by Onyekachi Iloh, Yomi Folaranmi, and Gboyega Odubanjo

Onyekachi Iloh’s “It Is Once Again the Season of Corn”, Yomi Folaranmi’s “Reverie on Milliken…

MIRROR
“MIRROR” | Short Story by Olaore Raheemat Adebola

1 “Aminat talks to herself.” “Why is she always sitting in the dark?” “There’s something…