GUEST EDITORS
Tlotlo Tsamaase, Michael Frazier and Lucky Grace Isingizwe
COVER IMAGE
Image title: Baba na Mwana Photography: Mukrim Qarim Zam
ILLUSTRATOR
Mòje Ikpeme
IN THIS ISSUE
FICTION
Ziawa Jande, Friday Faraday, Naomi Eselojor, Olly Nze, C.K.R. Mose
POETRY
Abu Bakr Sadiq, Zoe Antoine, Sodïq Oyèkànmí, Tina Bethea Ray, Ogochukwu Ogbonna
ESSAY
Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba, jamilla vandyke-bailey, Chibuikem Anyanwu, Kosisochukwu W. Ugwuede
PHOTOGRAPHY
Bagha Abdulkader, Tossin Bolade
EDITOR’S NOTE
Whose Story Is It Anyway?
An Editorial
INTRODUCTION
The Universal Language of Stories
An introduction to the issue by the guest editors:
Tlotlo Tsamaase, Michael Frazier and Lucky Grace Isingizwe
FICTION
The Bone Stomach
Ziawa Jande
He Leaves Silence At The Door
Olly Nze
Enitan
Naomi Eselojor
Weekend in the Dust
Friday Faraday
Jaba
C.K.R. Mose
POETRY
Rhubarb Shot & Other Poems
Abu Bakr Sadiq
Inclement Weather & Other Poems
Zoe Antoine-Paul
citizen by death
Sodïq Oyèkànmí
Stitched
Tina Bethea Ray
Abiku & Other Poems
Ogochukwu Ogbonna
ESSAYS
A Boy’s Symphony
Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba
The Black Binger: The Reboot
jamilla vandyke-bailey
Black and White Love: From Port Harcourt to Pennsylvania
Chibuikem Anyanwu
What Name Will Your Child Be Known to God and to Us?
Kosisochukwu W. Ugwuede
PHOTOGRAPHY
Tales of the Coast
Bagha Abdulkader
Ẹ̀jìrẹ́: Mythical Twins
Tossin Bolade