Contributors for our sixth edition are drawn from across the continent—and their subjects are just as varied. In one essay, a writer loses his religion. In a short story, a character falls in love, reaching, perhaps, for more than can be grasped. In another story, a woman is drawn to—and frustrated by—a noisy neighbour.
The first issue of 2025 is our fifth. Hurray. Our writers shop in border towns, take account of a great poet’s long life, show us a newly single woman holidaying in Abidjan. It’s literature again. Why? Well, because although it has its uses, art’s existence can be its justification.
Editors’ Note After deciding on the pieces for the second issue of Efiko Magazine, we realised the sheer breadth of themes covered. You’ll find one corper’s experience of Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps, you’ll find a woman advising her former lover’s new lover. You’ll find a knowing dissection of sex as enjoyed (and endured) by …
Editors’ Note For nearly two decades now, we have shared with each other countless novels, short stories, and essays that we not only imagined but knew for sure that the other will be grateful for, either for the content or style, often both. Our confidence in recommending is not based on certainty about each other’s …
Editors’ Note In our third issue, you’ll find our first stab at publishing criticism that engages with African writing today via one of its most recognisable awarding platforms. Published before that platform announced its current honoree, the piece accurately predicted the outcome. But there are no literary prizes for prophecy, so the piece’s real value …
Editors’ Note Our 4th edition takes you across Africa: to Lagos, Harare, Enugu, Maputo, Abuja and at least one airport. We have prizewinning writers, mid-career talents, and incoming marvels. A writer takes a wild ride through Lagos in danfos, the city’s storied vehicles of chaos. Another traces the history of a troubled African people over decades. A …
