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A Digital Memorial: Over 100 Writers Celebrate Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Life and Work

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Series• Stories and Poems July 12, 2025

More Adventures of a Lagos Wedding Planner: The Groom’s Away Match | Tolulope Popoola | Flash Fiction Series

by Tolulope Popoola

Stories and Poems July 11, 2025

Who Sent Us To Grow Up? | Julius Omunizua | Poetry

by Julius Omunizua

Book Excerpts July 10, 2025

Excerpt: From Glasgow Without Love by Albrin Junior

by Jagravi Dave

Essays• Stories and Poems July 09, 2025

The Thing Around Nigeria’s Neck: National Suffocation and the Cycle of Exodus in Adichie’s Short Stories | Chinaza Justina Egere | Essay

by Chinaza Justina Egere

News July 09, 2025

Now Accepting: African Historical Fiction for Lọ́unlọ́un

by Blessing Uwisike-Ekeh

Stories and Poems July 07, 2025

What We See When The Light Sits Close | Star Zahra | Poetry

Series• Stories and Poems July 05, 2025

More Adventures of a Lagos Wedding Planner: Meet Bisi | Tolulope Popoola | Flash Fiction Series

by Tolulope Popoola

Essays July 04, 2025

Rootbound: A Cross-Continental Collaboration that Birthed an African Poetry Collection | Manthipe Moila | Essay

by Manthipe Moila

NEWS

News July 02, 2025

Lolwe Magazine’s Eleventh Issue Explores the Role of Language and Silence

by Jagravi Dave

News June 30, 2025

Finnish-Nigerian Writer Minna Salami Graces the Cover of Feminist Nordic Magazine Astra

by Submissions Editor

News June 27, 2025

University of Oxford to Host Achebe Redvivus: Remapping a Field Conference July 3-4, 2025

by Jagravi Dave

News June 27, 2025

Nigerian Poet Ameen Animashaun Wins 2025 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry

by Jagravi Dave

News June 26, 2025

Yomi Adegoke Attends Celebration for Bernardine Evaristo’s Historic Women’s Prize Honor

by Jagravi Dave

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems July 04, 2025

Press Play | Joshua Pregbaha | Fiction

by Joshua Pregbaha

Stories and Poems July 02, 2025

Side by Side | Kobina Atta Baidoo | Poetry

by Kobina Atta Baidoo

Stories and Poems June 30, 2025

Time Is a Fetcher of Memories | Grace Ayodeji | Creative Non-Fiction

by Grace Ayodeji

Series• Stories and Poems June 28, 2025

Memoirs of a Lagos Junior Banker: The Man Who Forgot He Had a Wife | Tolulope Popoola | Flash Fiction Series

by Tolulope Popoola

Essays• Stories and Poems June 27, 2025

Glimpses of My Mother | Precious Nzeakor | Essay

by Precious Nzeakor