Nigeria

'In Another Country' was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. When Father Marin says, 'The Mass is ended,…

Memorabilia It is raining everyday in Douala // the temperature is peaking // today is not a good day to…

living in testing times. most testing times in one hundred years. pandemic sweeping through our world will wipe clean pages…

Before the forest was widowed, And postcards allayed the death of the Javan tiger, In the beginning were rhymes of…

At nightfall, I mould scraps of experiments into paper mash puddings and swallow two balls for dinner. Two is a…

-  Not for Rudyard Kipling

‘The Bride’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

‘Juju’ was shortlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Read more about the Prize here.  

Identity, Disruption and Performance in Igbo culture

'True Happiness' won the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa. Read more about the Prize here.

I write to tell you that the walls of my bones are made of contention and I am always situated…

During their eight-year insurgency in north-east Nigeria, Boko Haram has kidnapped thousands of girls and women from their homes.

Hyacinth Ike planned to die on a Friday because it felt right that he complete his life on a day…

In Ife, at 6 a.m., no shops are open, there is no human movement and the streets are occupied by…

When I regained consciousness, Amira was at my feet, mopping my thighs with a warm rag. My head throbbed. My…

The first time I heard about Justine ‘Sankofa’ Ankai-Macaidoo, a friend of mine had just returned from performing in Salvador…