Issue 8 - December 2024

Poetry by

Salama Wainaina, Ishola Joshua, Opeyemi Oluwayomi, Sandile Ngidi, Magdalene Agweven, Lerise Johnson, Abdulrozaq Fholarin, Aisha A. Bolaji, Raeez Jacobs, Agaba Witness

Fiction by

Abiola Ojo, Jesse Jackson Ogolla, Chidera Nwume, Rigwell Addison Asiedu, Bello Taiwo Victoria, Ndawedwa Denga Hanghuwo, Obaditan Oluwakorede Oluwatosin, Bankole Joseph Karis, Victor Ola-Matthew, Maxwell Kamau, Nneamaka Onochie, Akal Mohan

Creative Nonfiction by

Nwajesu Ekpenisi, Frank Njugi, Great Opara

Plays by

Anuoluwa Ngozi, Ogochukwu Umeadi

Photography by

Namukolo Siyumbwa

Art (and cover) by

Olamide Wole-Taiwo

Editor’s Note – Issue 8

Martha Khoeses, Kaushar Edoo Bibi Auleear

Poetry

Two Poems

Salama Wainaina

Postpartum Husbands and Wives

Ishola Joshua

3 Poems

Opeyemi Oluwayomi

Sad Land Blues

Sandile Ngidi

A Kind of Strange People

Magdalene Agweven

3 Poems

Lerise Johnson

An Ode to Mother

Abdulrozaq Fholarin

Who We Are for the Sake of Our Mothers

Aisha A. Bolaji

5 Poems

Raeez Jacobs

Sahibu (KiSwahili Poem)

Agaba Witness

Fiction

Every Scar

Abiola Ojo

The Things That Keep Them Up at Night

Jesse Jackson Ogolla

Welcome to Iya Mosun’s Midnight Club

Chidera Nwume

What They Don’t Say About Good News

Rigwell Addison Asiedu

Unfinished Mosaic

Taiwo Victoria Bello

A Knock on the Door

Ndawedwa Denga Hanghuwo

The Small but Mightys

Oluwakorede Oluwatosin Obaditan

It is Hard to Kill Your Brother

Bankole Joseph Karis

Simmering, Slowly

Victor Ola-Matthew

The Last Breath of the Devil

Maxwell Kamau

When a Man is Handsomely Mad

Nneamaka Onochie

At Yonder

Akal Mohan

Creative Nonfiction

The Darkness That Devoured Dawn

Nwajesu Ekpenisi

The Palate

Frank Njugi

Dancing to the Rhythm of a Funeral Song

Great Opara

Plays

The Hairdresser’s Shop

Anuoluwa Ngozi

ORÒ

Ogochukwu Umeadi

Photography

5 Pictures

Namukolo Siyumbwa

Art

3 Artworks

Olamide Wole-Taiwo

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