Flash Fiction: Death is A Rumour
Amori quickened her steps toward the peculiar pathway to Jagunlabi’s house. Their quarrel the other night left trails of guilt in her heart and she had to cleanse it. The...
Flash Fiction: Our House on Baker Street.
We have lived at number 42 Baker Street for ten years, I lived my childhood there, and my days as a teenager were spent in that small house with five...
Poetry: Paraphrasing an Ally’s Status by Abdulkareem Abdulkareem
for B Our friendship is like a luminous energy from a spectrum of light. I paint you with crayon wax on the sky of my canvas. On some...
Short Story: That Fatal and Perfidious Noise by Victor Okechukwu
In the early 90s, my father always sent a letter to uncle Peter in Kaduna pleading for money and help. And, at each morning’s devotions, we would pray for half...
Poetry: Another Life by Ayobami Kayode Tijani
In another life, i will collect roses and daffodils from the garden whilst The sun offers me my shadow as a Pregnant woman. The edge of my wrapper will shelter...
Poetry: Cinnamon by Omotoyinbo Damilola
a heart that mirrors the past is never present. this house recedes into a shadow. walls soak up groanings. my father’s portrait, an embroidery of bruised women. i am one...
Poetry: Schadenfreude by Habeebullahi Muhammed Yunusa (Baṣọ̀run)
this poem premieres linguistic prizefighting / at the commonwealth games. referee’s opener: like this contest, life is a labyrinth; you, minotaur; this match, jigsaw/sudoku—the more gordian; present puzzle piece, schadenfreude....
The Illusion of Racism and Meritocracy: America, A Melting Pot? by Eunice Ifedayo Ogunlami
Between 1525 and 1866, 12.5 million people were kidnapped from Africa and sent to the Americas through the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Illusion is a concept that describes a perception of...
Short Story: Iwilade by Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arówólò
On the night of 9 July 1999, student groups held a party at Obafemi Awolowo University. The Mirror Online reports: “members of Kegite Club on the campus, Man O’ war members, and various other...
Short Story: When Àyànfẹ́ Found Her Name by Racheal Torty
Our childish laughter echoed in the hut… My age group gathered for our monthly meeting—which was also the wedding of the leader’s older sister—a group of 12-year-olds (not quite children...
