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Issue 6 - January 2024

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Cover Picture by

Femi Amogunla

Poetry by

Gabriel Awuah Mainoo, Uaueza Poppy Kanguatjivi, Damian Carlton, Faith Brown, Kaushar Edoo Bibi Auleear, Sarah True, Anita Oguni, Shuwa

Short stories by

Mohammed Babajide Mohammed, Bongiwe T. Maphosa, Abiodun Awodele,
Tobi Ojenike, Israel Lumile, Chukwuemeka Famous, Jan Brümmer, Junias Tinashe,
Ataho Musiime, Olaleye Olorunfemi, Aishat Adesanya

Essays by

Nabila Ismail, Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim

Editor’s Note – Issue 6

JAY Lit

Poetry

Firefly

Gabriel Awuah Mainoo

Poetry collection: A Place of Solace

Uaueza Kanguatjivi

Lessons of luck to an African child

Damian Carlton

The architecture of happiness

Faith Brown

4 Poems

Kaushar Edoo Bibi Auleear

far-away nearby

Sarah True

6 Poems

Anita Oguni

iSango

Shuwa

Short Stories

A Traveler’s Dilemma

Mohammed Babajide Mohammed

The Way Home

Bongiwe T. Maphosa

AMEN

Abiodun Awodele

Idunnu

Tobi Ojenike

Journey of Own

Israel Lumile

Water Takes All of Me

Chukwuemeka Famous

RIP Revisited

Jan Brümmer

The Empty Toolbox

Junias Tinashe

Journey Across Worlds

Ataho Musiime

A Kiss of Demise

Olaleye Olorunfemi

The Oddity

Aishat Adesanya

Essays

Between and Betwixt

Nabila Ismail

A Case for Indigenous African Cultures and Languages

Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim

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