Contributors
Aguajah Ajah
Caleb Okereke
Efe-Khaese Desmond
Emmanuel Charity
Frances Ogamba
Iyanda Abimbola
Gimbiya Galadima
Hauwa Nuhu
Karino Emmanuel
Kolawole Adebayo
Laura Kaminski
Logan February
Lucky Labaya
Michael Akuchie
Michael Emmanuel
Michelle Nnanyelugo
Nome Patrick
Olatunji Uthman
Othuke Umukoro
Pamilerin Jacob
Ugochukwu Okpara
Interviews
Frances Ogamba
“I Would Change How the World Perceives Women”
Caleb Okereke
“Fiction Remains My First Love”
Logan February
“Being a Rebel is about Rejecting Conformity”
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Poetry
A HYMN FOR THE FAIR GEESE by Nome Patrick
A HYMN FOR THE FAIR GEESE by Nome PatrickMy father says his son has grown too far from God. In the light of Lagos, angels nod at him, urge him to...
THE LOVERS by Logan February
THE LOVERSby Logan Februaryfrom Garlands We were naked and I was crying. In the sensual world, I did a woman’s work—felt a primordial...
THE GOSPEL OF REBELS by Othuke Umukoro
THE GOSPEL OF REBELSby Othuke Umukoro& in the evening when he had dispersed the multitude, he went into the synagogue & spoke to his...
PERVERSION by Logan February
PERVERSIONby Logan Februarymay be bad or good; must be directed elsewhere, always pointed elsewhere; at the reddish sex of cruelty; crushing ...
PALMS OF OIL by Kolawole Adebayo
PALMS OF OIL by Kolawole Adebayo I wondered as a boy Why the flies always hovered Around fluorescent lights And one day, my mother said to...
BUT THIS IS NOT A POEM ABOUT RAIN by Hauwa Nuhu
BUT THIS IS NOT A POEM ABOUT RAINby Hauwa Nuhu outside, the wind holds my window by the sides, gingerly. the sound is the quiet jiggle of a woman's...
PRAYER: AIR by Pamilerin Jacob
PRAYER: AIRby Pamilerin Jacobbreathing mindfully, you are already finding a refuge in your breath… - Thich Nhat Hanh was it not Simone Weil...
A RUINED CANDLE WAX STILL BREATHES ITSELF INTO SHAPE by Ugochukwu Damian
A RUINED CANDLE WAX STILL BREATHES ITSELF INTO SHAPEby Ugochukwu Damiani’ve lost count of the queer bodies burnt this way i’ve also...
A REPUBLIC OF WILDNESS by Michael Akuchie
A REPUBLIC OF WILDNESSby Michael AkuchieI mean to wear my hair like a slice cut from a collision. Different from normal people, a republic of...
PLAN FOR MY ONE WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE by Laura Kaminski
PLAN FOR MY ONE WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFEby Laura Kaminskipoem honoring, and with lines from, Mary Oliver, 17-January-2019 The complexities were...
STRIDES OF MUSIC by Lucky Labaya
STRIDES OF MUSICby Lucky Labaya That music should pace as slow as possible. That what should sail into ears are stroked strings of a guitar....
Fiction
THE OTHER DWELLER by Frances Ogamba
THE OTHER DWELLER by Frances Ogamba Lana is dead. But she has etched rooms in our present, in the intricacies that braid our realities. She breathed...
BEYOND THE SILVER LINING by Efe-Khaese Desmond
BEYOND THE SILVER LINING by Efe-Khaese Desmond Alero sat amidst the animated blackness. The only source of light sprung from the tranquil screen of...
COLOURS AND THEIR EMPTINESS by Ìyàndá Abimbola
COLOURS AND THEIR EMPTINESS by Ìyàndá Abimbola This story begins with you standing at your father's doorstep on Indigo Street almost naked. It is...
STATIONS OF THE CROSS by Caleb Okereke
STATIONS OF THE CROSS by Caleb Okereke Two nights ago, Rasheed kissed me. Outside the safety of his bedroom, out in the open streets of Birnin Gwari...
UNRAVELLING by Michael Emmanuel
UNRAVELLING by Michael Emmanuel By the end of this story, you might know what I am, – and though I could lay claim to the genetics of my body as...
A STRIDE INTO A FAINT HOPE by Emmanuel Charity
A STRIDE INTO A FAINT HOPE by Emmanuel Charity When Geoffrey first saw his mother crying, he thought he was imagining it. He blinked thrice to...
MILLE by Gimbiya Galadima
MILLE by Gimbiya Galadima She was crying again, and you resisted the urge to shake her. To tell her how much you loved her and wanted her...
RELIEF by Aguajah Ifeanyi
RELIEF by Aguajah Ifeanyi You stand in front of Mama Gozie's shop, looking behind at the stony road as you wait for your change. Along the road is a...
AUNT MARIAM by Olatunji Uthman
AUNT MARIAM by Olatunji Uthman July 10th, 2019. 2:28 am. Son… She died! The Kids? When? No… She! About an hour ago. I have always disputed what I...
JESSE by Michelle Nnanyelugo
JESSE by Michelle Nnanyelugo I peered into the sitting room from the gallery where I stood with the lights beaming a smile at the stucco on the...
NonFiction
AFRICA DIES EACH TIME SHE FAILS TO OWN HER STORIES by Karino Emmanuel
Africa Dies Each Time She Fails to Own Her Stories by Karino Emmanuel Not long ago, I was talking to a fellow writer from Nigeria, an astute lady...
Appreciation
Thanks to our guest editor for this issue, J. K. Anowe for a superb job. We sincerely appreciate all the amazing contributors who trusted us with their literary works.
