Monday, June 30, 2025

Dotun Jide | Àkúdàáyà: Your Face is White

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The message from the village came at the most inconvenient time, but so grave was the countenance of Bòóda...

Tumi | The Man in My Dream

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I was married, but I didn’t live with him. I visited him sometimes, and each time I did, his presence...

Gai Manoah James | The Rational Circle

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“Welcome to the Rational Circle,” Nyagoa said. She held the mic firmly in her hand. “It’s been a while....
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Gregory Olumuyiwa Marinho | The Games We Played

Play acting was our favourite pastime. Equipped with old boxes, sticks, ropes, palm fronds, tin cans, and an abundance of imagination,...
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Carolyn W. Gatonye | Broccoli and a “Thingira”

I looked at my uncle.  Frail. Tattered. Lost…or so he seemed.                                    He sat alone, maybe deep in thought, hunched...

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