Fiction and Poetry

"It’s enough for us to sit in silence and wonder" by Abigail George on Afrocritik
It’s enough for us to sit in silence and wonder | Abigail George

By Abigail George Love is an echo from my distant past; it has bewitched the…

Watlz Beyond the Veil by Obonofon Etuk
Waltz Beyond the Veil | Obongofon Etuk

By  Obongofon Etuk (In Memory of Enobong Ibanga Inyang) I can’t begin with anything endearing, In…

temidayo okun poetry for afrocritik
i’d like to own an elephant — that’s no bigger than a peanut | temidayo okun

By temidayo okun i’d like to sit on a bed of roses — while watching…

A Poem Where Goodbye(s) Means What the Hands Cannot Hold Anymore | Anderson Moses

By Moses Anderson After Amanam Ndem                     You have heard that the cemetery has more talents,…

Off River Road, a Girl Plays a Sax Solo to Truncate the Intricacies of My History | Frank Njugi

By Frank Njugi & in a film, one girl wearing a bustier corset might trip…

Green Zone | Jide Badmus

By Jide Badmus I. The sun undresses before lounging waters as though for a swim.…

Two poems | Adesiyan Oluwapelumi

aubade with mo(u)rning birds the earth thumps like a body set to die the heart…

Praying in a Lawn | Ogah Friday David

By Ogah Friday David I do not fret when my prayer refuses flight. Perhaps I…

There Is Nothing Christian about a Road | Enit’ayanfe Ayosojumi Akinsanya

Their mothers will soon go to the backyard, a big cockerel squawking in their grip,…

Recrudescence | Ement Amaku

By Ement Amaku The cycle turns and turns like tumbleweeds blown by a whirlwind. Today,…