by Dami Ajayi . In 2010, eight writers gathered in a workshop to create futuristic stories, scenario and events about Lagos. They leaped fifty years forward. Lagos_2060 is the product[…]
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All is Well
By Mafoya Dossoumon Fufu with palm nut soup and grasscutter, jollof rice with fried plantain and chicken, nothing stops hunger. It lurks, never far away. When he was sixteen years[…]
THE ART OF LIVING AND DYING: THE SARTREAN MOMENT IN THE WORLD OF BOOKS
by Adeshina Afolayan Coming into this place is one of the momentous times of my life. It is one of those moments when you lose control of yourself and refuse to[…]
What Matters is the Way We Are
by Ayodele Morocco-Clarke Dear Emotan, For years, I have written this letter numerous times, initially in my head and subsequently on paper. All my previous efforts have failed, for I[…]
Editorial | Issue #25: The Gay Issue
for David Kato (1964-2011) At a bar with a few friends one evening in downtown Edwardsville Illinois, a couple of years ago, I hit up a conversation with a young man.[…]
The Other is a Thing
by Obiwu Iwanyanwu They came for the Igbo, and you laughed. They came for the Ogoni; you rolled your eyes like an owl. They rounded up Odi, and rolled over[…]
Essays/Criticism · Lit Mag · Non-fiction
This is What I Know
by Mukoma wa Ngugi I know that Black people were sold as slaves because they were seen as talking beasts of burden and Africans colonized for their own good; and[…]
The Cold Stale
By Nwachukwu Egbunike Advocate tolerance Admit no tolerance Say plenty Say nothing Deride hate Use hate Make a temple of love Make the shrine that hurts Deify freedom[…]
Essays/Criticism · Fiction · Lit Mag · Non-fiction
I am a homosexual, Mum
by Binyavanga Wainaina (A lost chapter from One Day I Will Write About This Place) 11 July, 2000. This is not the right version of events. Hey mum. I was putting[…]