Short Story: Silence in Chaos by Chisom Chukwuma
“Pauline I’ve never thought a day would come when I would have to explain myself to anyone but listen to me, I didn’t do it. I promise you with everything...
Short Story: The Secret Source By Ben Okri
One morning, Fisher discovered that something had been done to the water. For many years, there had been people who said that something was different about the water, but no...
Review: What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
One of the pleasures of reading Lesley Nneka Arimah’s debut collection is the feeling of being thrown off balance: not knowing where this playful and adventurous new talent will take...
Short Story: The Perfection That is My Life by Adedoyin Ademola
Marriage, what a strange concept, am I right? A man and a woman living together under one roof till death do them part. Gosh, that must be so exhausting. Where...
Classic Poetry: I Give You Thanks My God by Bernard Dadie
I give you thanks my God for having created me black For having made of me The total of all sorrows, and set upon my head 5 the World. I...
Poetry Review: I Give You Thanks My God by Bernard Dadie
Read: Classic Poetry: I Give You Thanks My God by Bernard Dadie This poem is a good anthem for black pride. It satirically weaves its way around mythical, biblical and...
Review of J P Clark’s Poem, Abiku
By African Soulja Read: Classic Poetry: Abiku by J.P Clark The title of J.P. Clark’s poem is a store of meaning for the poem itself since it gives us understanding...
Classic Poetry: Abiku by J.P Clark
Coming and going these several seasons, Do stay out on the baobab tree, Follow where you please your kindred spirits If indoors is not enough for you. True, it leaks...
Classic Poetry: Abiku by Wole Soyinka
In vain your bangles cast Charmed circles at my feet; I am Abiku, calling for the first And the repeated time. Must I weep for goats and cowries For palm...
Short Story: Adigun by Damilola Akintobi
I didn’t understand what the fuss was all about when it came to me. I thought I was normal like every other child in Ilusinmi village. A child is born...
