WHEN THE TRUTH LOSES THE POWER TO SAVE – By Augustus Bill
Sometimes we want to know the truth, but when we finally do, we realise more reasons why we should have believed the lie. *** It was…
These Words are Edible By Nature Photographer | Ogar Monday
Ogar Monday is a journalist with crossriverwatch, a street photographer an art lover with an addiction to shapes, size and colour. These words are edible Like…
Familiar African Tales | Pressurized By Mirabelle Morah
I don’t know how I survived high school without a boyfriend but hey! I survived. One young man kept on pressurizing my life right from my…
IN THE SPEED OF LIGHT: FROM AGES TO AGES BY FELICIA OTOP
There comes the transcending energetic conceptualism of movement, taking the formless state into a life of destiny. Speaking for a generation yet to be born, releasing…
ONE THOUSAND APPOINTEES BY JESAM EKO
The sky is immense, but grows no grass The speeches are intense,but yields no fruits That’s what the oracle said to the obong To whom the…
Preacher By Ajor James
You are the doomed Who announces the doom You are the holiest That hoards holiness You are the heaven Heading to hell You are the sick…
WEDNESDAY SERIES | THE SUICIDE NOTE 1 BY EDIKAN AKPANTE
LIZZY “Becca!” I called to my friend as I dashed into our one room apartment. “Becca, come take a look, I’ve finally been given admission.” I…
Colours of Pain by Mazpa
Eyes of blazing blue Flames of fading fortune Reflection of dying dew- That fell from a twisted tribune. Lips of yelling yellow Voices of feminine fear…
Crack crack Boom By Nigerian Soldier | Bentem Josef
Crack crack Boom That was the sound that brought their doom The battle was at its peak Now, no one could afford to be weak Fires…
FAMILIAR AFRICAN TALES | MY FIRST TIME BY NTEN MPAMA
Nten is a teenage girl who loves putting her thoughts to paper. Writing is to her what food is to the body. She is a ferocious…
The Ode of The Magic Man – In The Face of Two Worlds | By Felicia Otop
He exists in the two worlds of his thoughts but in the confusion of her reality. He communicates in double insight and his secret of attraction…
NAMING A BOOK ALMOST GOT ME MAD BY ONYEKACHI ONUOHA
NAMING A BOOK ALMOST GOT ME MAD Naming is a very serious issue when it comes to the name of a child. I said a child…
Familiar African Tales | Pained By Ngozi John
Iya Joke did not cry on the day her child died. She looked at the body and walked out of the room. She did not come…