Lagbaja – A Poem by Akinmayowa Shobo, Nigeria
Chief Lagbaja, Our illustrious son is alive So alive, he is To his beautiful Oyinbo wife, sons and dog Yet he died, That fateful day, our votes did indeed count. So dead, he did die The moment he [...]
Bridging Panorama – A Poem by Simon Ng’uni, Zambia
one day, “tomorrow never comes” as formerly vague. loops of ambiguity voyage time In celestial eminence, with clarity — this knowledge of good. and evil, has no place to run. when all things have [...]
Heaven – A Short Story by Agboni Christiana, Nigeria
I look at the rail-thin woman lying on the narrow hospital bed. I do not want to look, but I do, again and again. My mother has literally become a shadow of herself. She smiles, and I start to [...]
The Other Side -Children’s Poetry by Ejang Patricia, Uganda
Across the River Styx Far within the deep bowels of earth The journey to eternity begins Entering the sunless palace of Hades Relinquishing all my past pains Longing for the peacefulness of [...]