Glissade

Èjìrẹ́, Aráìsokún, ẹdunjobi, Ọmọ ẹdun tí ń ṣeré orí-igi. Ọ̀kan ni mo bèrè, èjì ló wọlé tọ̀ mí wá. You were asleep when you were born, in my hand, your reflection split into two. The men who were hired to forsake your silence brought drums & took you out to it. I looked back at …

The baby, nameless still in this model of spirituality, and his parents, Sarah and Fabian, catechists at Saint Mary’s parish, sit in the front pew. The baby’s godfather and uncle, who is Uche elsewhere, but not on this day, not in this ritual where he must be Silas, sits behind the baby’s parents. There is …

If Nigeria ever happened to anyone, it happened to John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo (1935—2020).

Chika thinks Achebe’s thought process unique. Esomnofu believes Iduma is grossly underrated.

But these precautions didn’t stop Ekene from dying in his sleep.

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