Glissade

Joy is Coming

March 4, 2024

  & though I have lived so long in darkness, tonight I climb out of the cave to look up at the moonlit sky that sees me first and smiles God knows, happiness and the sky long to see me like villagers yearning for the moon to step out Tonight I smelt my aches, shapeshift …

Atheist In A Catholic Church

October 18, 2025

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

Ballad For The Beloved Conductor

October 18, 2025

Because he was different, the bus conductor let a lofty hope bud within him, a hope too high for his type: love.

Ode to My Adibas Sneakers

October 18, 2025

Now every alphabet of your mis-branding is peeled  away by the salt of time

The Disappearance Of Om Sagda

October 18, 2025

It had been three months since the last time I heard Om Sagda’s screams. I marked those empty days on the calendar.

ISSUES

Subscribe to the Efiko Newsletter

Subscribe

From the Archives

Join Us