Fiction and Poetry

A Sacred Song for You | Tehila Okagbue
A Sacred Song for You | Tehila Okagbue

It’s in the heavenly scent of paradise/ your breath/ warm releases of profound bliss. By…

Smile, Stranger
Smile, Stranger | Daniel Echezonachi Maxwell

You see a small river in which you are immersed for a baptism of resilience.…

Three Square Meal | Obongofon Etuk| Poetry| Afrocritik
Three Square Meal | Obongofon Etuk

By Obongofon Etuk The main course is a revelation… I. Breakfast Life is for us…

1929| By Chinemerem Prince Nwankwo| Afrocritik
1929 | Chinemerem Prince Nwankwo

By Chinemerem Prince Nwankwo For the love of Nwanyeruwa & more   *White grit voices…

Eye | Ogah Friday David | Afrocritik
Eye | Ogah Friday David

By Ogah Friday David  In the dune’s eye is an immaculate     cascade      …

The Translator | Karen Jennings

The stranger got up unsteadily, said it was late, he should get to bed, but…

You Win in This Fight, Against God | Okorie Divine - Afrocritik
You Win in This Fight, Against God | Okorie Divine

But not all the time do you win this fight against God. Like the year,…

Hands by Feyisayo Anjorin - Afrocritik
Hands | Feyisayo Anjorin

By Feyisayo Anjorin Remember when the preacher called us fools, tools in the hands of…

Fresh Dope (When Hope is a Voice Trapped in Dead Air) | Dhee Sylvester - Afrocritik
Fresh Dope (When Hope is a Voice Trapped in Dead Air) | Dhee Sylvester

As you listen to the diverse themes his songs touch on, you discover a rawness…

Two Poems - Olaseni Kehinde Precious - Afrocritik
Two Poems | Olaseni Kehinde Precious

By Olaseni Kehinde Precious A Crumb of Broken Stones From a realm of tales, they…