A DAY IN THE LIFE OF H2-5.370.182 Nnamdi Anyadu Ijeoma walks to the stand where shopping baskets are lined up neatly, picks one and wishes
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THREE KOLOS Tega Oghenechovwen The first leaned against the gate of my mother’s bungalow in Warri, singing to his dark
d’bi.young anitafrika an open letter to all womxn from patriarchal oppression dear womxn, is that the new spelling with an x? patriarchy
ABOUT THE MATTER OF MY DIVORCE Tokunbo Koiki “Telling our stories gives someone else permission to tell theirs” – Brittany Packnett.
BASSEY IKPI Portrait of a Face at Forty THERE WILL BE NEW lines. New ways your face will fold and crease. Your right eyebrow will thin;
OTOOLA Bisola Osuntokun-Lewis The first time I ever saw a tattoo was on Otoola’s wrist. Otoola, Elizabeth Osuntokun was my paternal
ISCARIOT BLUES Akpa Arinzechukwu Dear God — or Frisk, I finally saw Chris Ofili’s Iscariot Blues in the artist’s Blue Devils exhibition at
What does Ake Festival 2019 theme ‘Black Bodies, Grey Matter’ mean to you? There is a certain racist narrative that suggests black people are
What does Ake Festival 2019 theme ‘Black Bodies, Grey Matter’ mean to you? The theme of Ake Festival 2019, ‘Black Bodies, Grey Matter’ is
What does Ake Festival 2019 theme ‘Black Bodies, Grey Matter’ mean to you? I see it as a welcome theme at a time when blackness and the