by Onyinye Muomah | Nov 20, 2020 | Fiction
Illustration by Adejonwo Kizito. “You know my mom almost aborted me,” Love said out of the blues. They had been driving for about twenty minutes in complete silence. “Did I ever tell you that story?” She turned in her seat to face Ola. “No,” he said. “After five...
by Miracle Afigbo | Nov 13, 2020 | Reviews & Essays
Bura-Bari Nwilo is a postgraduate student of African literature at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, where he also received his undergraduate degree in English Literature. Bura-Bari has been published across print and electronic platforms around the world. His poems...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Nov 13, 2020 | Gist Corner
1. Uzodinma Iweala born on the 5th of November, 1982 Image: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. My dad said to me: “You’ve done a great job, but don’t get too high on being the youngest this or the youngest that because someone somewhere will do...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Nov 13, 2020 | Gist Corner
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been announced as the winner of Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘Winner of Winners’ for her second novel Half of a Yellow Sun. This one-off award marks the culmination of the Prize’s year-long 25th anniversary celebrations. Thousands of...
by Miracle Afigbo | Nov 8, 2020 | Gist Corner
Photo credit: Getty Images It can now be said that America has a female vice President. Saturday, 7th November 2020 manifested radiance of vast possibilities in the lives of black women, after all these years of political crimp in the United States. As Senator...
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