Nov
09
Right Hands (3)
His absence came with the proliferation of the poetry of marriage. Three weeks and no head or tail of Faruk,
6 min read
Aaliyah Ovayoza Ibrahim
Nov
02
Right Hands (2)
In a flame, there are spaces. Spaces between the fiery blue section and the coal, and between the blue flame
7 min read
Oct
19
Rights Hands (1)
That evening, in front of Faruk, Khadijah understood for the first time how women got their happiness trimmed and sized.
3 min read
Sep
14
Glory be Mercy (4)
The oil was too much, and Edna liked it. Each time she dipped the large metallic cooking spoon into the
6 min read
Sep
07
Glory be Mercy (3)
Between the end of the rainy season and the beginning of harmattan in 2009, when snails came out in droves
7 min read
Aug
31
Glory be Mercy (2)
It took a day too long for Mercy to realize she was dead. Time floated by, cinnamon dust in liquid,
6 min read
Aug
24
Glory be Mercy (1)
Two men, a fridge, and a narrow entryway. The short, stocky man shouted commands from the bottom end of the
7 min read
May
31
On the Self to be Preserved
12 min read
Feb
20
Fatimah Tuggar
4 min read
Jan
20
Bruce Onobrakpeya
4 min read