Parody of Colours & Other Poems – Blessing Ojo
Parody of Colours & Other Poems Blessing Ojo 28 September 2026Parody of Colours The rain licks the hypothetical brown roofs bright,screens its tongue to the world. I think there has beena parody of colours here. Or what do you think?Who first gave brown colours to...
Utamu wa Lugha – Zuhura Seng’enge
Utamu wa Lugha Zuhura Seng'enge 27 August 2026Nimeujua utamu, kamwe sitaki ukosa,Na huzidi hio tamu, ulimi unaponesa,Huwa unaleta hamu, nyoyo kuzitikisa. Ukikugusa kinywani, hauishi asilani,Hautoacha tamani, ladha yake mdomoni,Kwa nafsi ni burudani, huwa ni yenye...
My Country Describes Itself to Me & Other Poems – Jide Salawu
My Country Describes Itself to Me & Other Poems Jide Salawu 25 May 2026Sea Stories I have no stomach to keep sea stories.Ten thousand boys are crossingthe black Atlantic without life jackets.In Thiaroye-sur-Mer, hundreds are wadingthrough the butane eye of the...
Our Histories Do Not Make Us Who We Are & Other Poems – Emmanuel Sanusi
Our Histories Do Not Make Us Who We Are & Other Poems Emmanuel Sanusi 24 April 2026Our Histories Do Not Make Us Who We Are Fractured bones buried under the silt of dust,Our names, long forgotten by mouthsThat named us, mouths filled with light,Heavy with glory,...
Saba Saba in the Suburbs & Other Poems – Gathondu Mwangi
Saba Saba in the Suburbs & Other Poems Gathondu Mwangi 27 March 2026Saba Saba in the suburbs For the Kenyan youth injured and killed in the protests of 2024-25. There were morning gloriesforget-me-nots, yesterday today tomorrows, leaves, branches everywhere, hues...
Theorem of the Spring & Other Poems – AbdulSamad Jimoh
Theorem of the Spring & Other Poems AbdulSamad JimohTheorem of the Spring For Habeebah Amoo time wears the rhythms of my feet, & my footfalls thirst for breath & bleed, i count the silences & the whispers, i swallow the ...
Lazy Poet & Other Poems – Nthikeng Mohlele
Lazy Poet & Other Poems Nthikeng MohleleLazy Poet The language of soles of feetAcrobatics of the moist tongueThe spinal fluid awake and unseenThe intrusions; seductions of finger tipsTemple, neck veins bulgingIn fury or laughterThat sinking feeling in the...
Someone Is Coming & Other Poems – Omobola Osamor
Someone Is Coming & Other Poems Omobola OsamorSomeone Is Coming I had a dream that a half-grinning moon cradled the sun.Trapped in mud, twin confluencesfunnelled smoke up my nose, pressed on all sides. Windows were broken behind torn curtains.Hiding crying...
Foxes to Pick From & Other Poems – Adebimpe Oluwafunmilayo Adeyemi
Foxes to Pick From & Other Poems Adebimpe Oluwafunmilayo AdeyemiA Sonnet for a Tollgate Massacre When news broke, that the Lekki tollgate blew up in fire and gunpowder and smoke my throat constricted in a choke, the news was too lumpy to swallow, the...
The Day Chaos Won Again & Other Poems – Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún
The Day Chaos Won Again & Other Poems Kọ́lá Túbọ̀súnThere were no “vote rigging” chants; No angry rants in the middle of the night Chasing the mirage of a victory filtered out Of the hands of a nation’s supposed might. There were no loud tears either,...
Vumilia & Other Poems – Lydia Kasese
Vumilia & Other Poems Lydia Kasese Vumilia (Bear With It) An ignored “no”,A tossed aside, “I am too tired tonight”A careless opening of the legsA forceful insertion. Vumilia,A wife must never refuse her husband,Fulfilling your husband’s needs is your duty. Busted...
In My War Songs & Other Poems – Erinola Daranijo
In My War Songs & Other Poems Erinola Daranijo Love in Biafra You take the lantern with the last keroseneand meet me at the broken radio tower, where it’s quiet, where the war is only distant thunder. I like how the light trembles, how it drags itself against the...