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The Flowers Don’t Bloom in Winter

Valerie Tendai Chatindo

July 10, 2024

Tony was a divorcee and men like that often had no qualms about walking a second time.

The Death Of Nigerian Literature

Oris Aigbokhaevbolo

February 14, 2023

To be a Nigerian writer these days is not to be a writer at all.

Collocation, Saudade

Othuke Umukoro

July 18, 2023

Late at night making love, peignoir

Atheist In A Catholic Church

Michael Aromolaran

October 18, 2025

I was aware of the ostracism and persecution that atheism invites in a hyper-religious country like Nigeria.

Trawl

Adeniyi Odukoya

January 16, 2025

I sit with the inconsolable soul of the dark— The voices of pleasure in the deep woods

The Mountain of Goodness

Lola Opatayo

February 5, 2023

He struts in front of us, clutching his bible under one arm and beating the air with his other hand. He tells us not to be weary, that in due season we will reap the rewards of our faith. Amid the gathering, three people pump their fists in the air. Yes, lord! Tell them, sir! …

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