Birthing
[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/OkaforBirthing.mp3″] In memory of Akin, beaten to death on the 17th of February, 2017, for being homosexual Someday, a […]
African Poets, Audio, Poems, Tributes
Tributes
African Poets, Poems, Tributes
Don’t You Go
My mother is a tree, dried up by the Harmattan wind that blows through our family. She sways, making the
African Poets, Poems, Tributes
For the Love of Oil
They dig and dig until the streets stink and slip with corruption Their pockets flow with gold but the community
African Poets, Poems, Tributes
Ill Nights
like winter evening saturdays when you’re ill and your mum is lazy but loving, and wants to eat and drink
Poems, Poets Abroad, Tributes
How Beautifully Your Fire Burns
After I put some more logs on the fire in the fireplace she said, “How beautifully your fire burns.” We
African Poets, Audio, Poems, Tributes
My Mother Died with Her Home
[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/JacobMother.mp3″] When my mother died, she took home along with her. Here, home is not a mere thing, but