Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Carolyn W. Gatonye | Broccoli and a “Thingira”

Fiction Carolyn W. Gatonye -
I looked at my uncle.  Frail. Tattered. Lost…or so he seemed.                                    He sat alone, maybe deep in...

Dotun Jide | Àkúdàáyà: Your Face is White

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

Akinyi Margareta Ocholla | April Rain

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The soft hum sifted through MJ's mind and grew gently in intensity. As she awakened the hum crystallized to...
Fiction

Adejumo Tomilola | I See Visions, I Dream Dreams

The first time I told them about the fire, they made me sit outside. It was a small dream. A house with...
Non-Fiction

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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