To Become Like Him?
“To become like him, or like any writer for that matter, is a false ambition.” by Emmanuel Iduma How can I celebrate Achebe without peddling a contrived tribute? I never[…]
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Love Is Madness & Something Like That
by Emmanuel Iduma This didn’t happen every day. A man and a woman were sitting by themselves beside a gutter.Her head was resting on his shoulders; his arm drew her close[…]
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Lit Mag · Non-fiction · Poetry
What the Wayfarer Wished to Become
by Emmanuel Iduma Failing to daydream a life of transcendence, a certain wayfarer found himself at the mercy of his ambitions.1 The first goal he set for himself was to[…]
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?[…]