Afternoon
Early morning brings the sounds of children sweeping front yards, water sloshing in clay pots held high on bald patches […]
African Poets, Audio, Poems, Tributes
Tributes
African Poets, Audio, Poems, Tributes
Slut
i Grandmother said there is a slut trapped in every woman, a wild taboo that must never be set free.
African Poets, Audio, Poems, Tributes
Birthing
In memory of Akin, beaten to death on the 17th of February, 2017, for being homosexual Someday, a soul will
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