Three Poems by Vivekanand Jha
by Vivekanand Jha Stigmatic widowhood Customs curse for widow and blessings for widower widow, a horse with bridle; widower, a tiger without fetters. Stand two victims into sea[…]
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The Ordinariness of a Matter
by Emmanuel Iduma Do we agree that ‘revolution’ is the wrong word for the events of last January? Do we agree that the events were too ordinary to herald change?[…]
Editorial #3: The Language of Thought
This week’s offerings, short, traverse a realm of experimentations. In Teju Cole’s Kadara Kekeke, the writer’s pithy twitter-based news-based literature take on new outlooks in the clothes of its local[…]
Of Love and Other Demons
by Benson Eluma MANY A FINE poem is inspired by that complex of feelings called love. To make no bones about my subject, the love I speak of is simply[…]
Kádàrá Kékèké
Láti parapọ pẹlú àwọn abánisèdè mi, n’go kọ gbogbo àwọn “kádàrá kékèké” l’énìí l’édè wa tó l’éwà, Yorùbá. —Teju Cole (March 1, 2012) 1 N’ílùú Èkó, Peter fún arábirin[…]
Drowning in Ashes
by Adaeze Ibechukwu ‘How and where do I begin?’ I ask my younger brother as he opens to the middle page of his long note exercise book and rips off[…]
CHEWING ON THE BONES OF MIGRATION: A Review of Unoma Azuah’s “Edible Bones”
By Yomi Ogunsanya A moment after I finished reading Unoma Azuah’s latest novel Edible Bones, the following lines from T.S. Eliot’s Little Gidding wafted into my mind: “What we call the[…]
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Cellphone Conversation with Papalolo
by Ikhide Ikheloa – Ring! Ring!! Ring!!! – Hello! Who is that? – Papa! It is me! Your son! – I say who is that? – It is me! Your[…]