photo credit: Tabifor King “The intelligentsia have always preferred more refined forms of fiction, such as that longtime French intellectual favorite, the psychological novel.” —Susan Sontag What happens when literary production is confined to the academia and ‘established’ cultural…
Editorial 05
We are constantly reinventing ourselves and, as a magazine, we have grown enamored of long-form creative journalism (or nonfiction), daring to publish online a genre that is more adapted for a print outlet given how easily distracted netizens are with…
In Memoriam: Why Poets Die (for Kofi Awoonor)
Emmanuel Iduma Audience at Kofi Awoonor memorial at the Nairobi Museum (Photo by Paul Munene, Quaint Photography) Let’s assume from the outset that poets die because they stand in the way of politics, and let’s find a way to…
In Memoriam: Anna Politkovskaya
Klas Lundstrom A Memorial to Anna Politkovskaya. (Image Teppo) October 7 is the annual date of the death of the Russian writer and investigative journalist, Anna Politkovskaya. It was a miserable and shameful deed in 2006, which…
African Sacredness, When Fiction Becomes Reality
Serubiri Moses “No one who loves life would wish to imitate her dedication to martyrdom nor would wish it for his children nor for anyone else whom he loves.” – Susan Sontag, Simone Weil (New York Review of…
Selected Photography by Sentury Yob
Night time Experiment Night time Experiment 2 On the set of ‘Pitie’- Jovi Witi Bakoto Carol photoshoot On the set of ‘Pitie’-Sentury Yob Mufor Eric Atangana aka Sentury Yob was born in 1988. He is a poet, rapper, writer, photographer…
From Scions of the Malcontent to Men of Contentment
Wirndzerem G. Barfee A work of art is, and can be, read from multiple perspectives. One of the most engaging perspectives to read Macviban’s collection, Scions of the Malcontent (SOTM), is by collapsing the opposition between the…
Thoughts On Ethnic Minority Literature in Nigeria
Adebiyi Olusolape Ani mi Gogo Layi Ma ige be Ma ige ke Ma ige po ji Gogo Layi Aganza e ri ige, e la ivo la Esobi ni ifo e dan e ayegbon Aba na kyu ‘du, wa…
