Essays

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

Essays July 04, 2025

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

by Manthipe Moila

Essays • Stories and Poems June 27, 2025

Glimpses of My Mother | Precious Nzeakor | Essay

by Precious Nzeakor

Essays • Stories and Poems June 20, 2025

Sinners: From Lagos to Louisiana, The Rema-Beyonce-Coogler Pipeline | Sharon Rose | Essay

by Sharon Rose

Essays June 19, 2025

A Tribute to Ngugi wa Thiong’o by James Ogude

by James Ogude

Essays • Stories and Poems June 13, 2025

Failing at Aunty-hood: Confessions of a 27-Year-Old Nigerian Woman | Adesuwa Egbon | Essay

by Adesuwa Egbon

Book Lists • Essays June 12, 2025

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and the Decolonial Imagination: A Reading List

by Vincent R. Ogoti

Essays June 09, 2025

The Sheer Fortune of Knowing Ngugi wa Thiong’o By Okey Ndibe

by Okey Ndibe