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Our Books of 2014
When we asked writers and authors to tell us what books they read in 2014, we were not exactly expecting only books published in 2014. We however wanted to hear[…]
Category: Non-fiction
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[…]
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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[…]
The A-B-C of Sexuality
by Ayodele Olofintuade A – is for anal sex also known as sodomy(check S) and asexuality. This is the act whereby a penis (check P for meaning) or any other[…]
Morbid Porn
by Pearl Osibu The sky darkens overhead and growls at you, rumbling, threatening, looking put out by an offence you cannot name. You growl back, snarl even, and stomp away[…]
Fiction · Lit Mag · Non-fiction
Whip
by Unoma Azuah (From her forthcoming memoir, EMBRACING MY SHADOW). I was hungry but came alive as soon as other students started gathering their notebooks, getting ready to dash out[…]
Lit Mag · Non-fiction · Poetry
Three Pieces
by Uche Peter Umez —— —— The Way We Are #1. You remember when we used to play in the rain? As if I could ever forget. You used[…]
The Bogobiri Chronicles
Dec 20. Morning pages. Bogobiri open mic last night with Victoria. When we leave to head back to the mainland from Ikoyi at 10:15pm, she mentions that the security[…]
Analysis · General · Non-fiction · Politics · Review
Thoughts on Nasir El-Rufai’s “The Accidental Public Servant”
Paperback and kindle editions available on Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Publication Date: February 2013 ISBN-10: 1481967401 ISBN-13: 978-1481967402 “…to put on record my version of events…” is[…]
Essays/Criticism · Lit Mag · Non-fiction
Forgotten Heroes & Disappearing Acts
by Dami Ajayi I Once upon a time. I happened on a book. And I fell in love with the book. I borrow my staccato sentences from this rather quaint[…]