Fiction and Poetry

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…

Untitled Poem for a Boy Who Never Knew Love
Untitled Poem for a Boy Who Never Knew Love | By Stephen Nwankwo

I sang lullabies with eyes stitched shut, my voice a cage, a shackle wrapped in…

Across the Border
Across the Border | Fiction by Bello Taiwo Victoria

1. I am on a train going to Hampstead for my mother’s surprise professorship dinner…

two poems
“the village’s elegy” & “A sonnet is fighting absolution” | Poems by Josiane Kouagheu

the village’s elegy i attend many funerals                               and truth is, i can’t help. i see…

poems
“Transit”, “Leaven”, & ”Arrive in Your Skeleton” | Poems by Abiodun Salako

Transit  Between airports, I lose pieces of myself — a mother’s laugh, an orison in…

Homecoming
HOMECOMING | Fiction by Chukwuebuka Obiakaeze

1. The weeks that led to Afunwa’s return came with a lot of speculation,  even…

Two poems
“Ancestry” & “The Cathedral” | Poems by Chimezie Umeoka

Ancestry  If my grandfather ever touched my body I do not remember. I was barely …

two poems
Two Poems by Doreen Masika

In One of the Episodes… I’m standing somewhere between fallen kingdoms and fading kin. A…

in your image
In Your Image | Poem by Tuke Ronald

As if my arms were in chains As though my legs were cuffed to the…