by Nnorom Azuonye There were songs inside his head and songs in the air outside Dartford Station; that cruel mix of screeching tyres, chuckles of train engines, and wailing buggied[…]
Category: Lit Mag
A Letter to Dumi
(A story of two old lovers meeting again after 15years) By Ayodele Olofintuade Do you remember the night we first met? It was at your birthday party, you were[…]
Five Poems by Elnathan John
DINNER TIME Do we sometimes bask in our delusions, And become tourists in lands that never were? -Anon. I am not fooled By this cool wind In my face I[…]
ISSUE #19: Caine and Consequences
This issue has been delayed for weeks because of the Caine Prize. We spent the last six weeks before the eventual announcement following the horse race. Each of the shortlisted[…]
Four Cowries
poems by Ikhide Ikheloa _____________ DM (For you, Dambudzo Marechera, for things that make no sense, because we are afraid…) Bloody December.Ogun prowls the catacombs. And myrmidons of darkness[…]
Flash Fictions
by D.M Aderibigbe ERE AAYO (BOARD GAME) The graveyard beside Tunde’s house along Mabadeje street was a terror to my mother, even though she didn’t know either the colour of the gate[…]
In Conversation with Aaron Bady
by Kola Tubosun My first interaction with Aaron Bady was through the Caine Prize Carnival (now in its third year) in which bloggers give their opinion on Caine Prize shortlisted[…]