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Features, Lit Scene, News 2017/05/22

#LetRomeoBreathe: How Young Nigerian Writers Pushed Back against Violent Homophobia

It began hours after the Brunel Prize was awarded to Romeo Oriogun on 2 May. Amidst the explosion of cheers, certain posts began to surface. On a few personal blogs. On social media. They all had the same tone, of suspicion, of irritation, of desperation, of anger. Word spreading was this: Someone had won an […]

We’re Queer, We’re Here | Chibuihe Obi | Essay

The first time I felt compelled to document the queer body in my writing was during my second year at the university. I had this toe-curling experience in the hostel one certain night that left me tugging at my pen and bleeding profusely into the banality of an empty paper from the midnight when the […]

Because Your Body Took the Wrong Way Home | Wale Owoade | Poetry

…they said a boy once waited at the center of your prayer. [On 17th of February, 2016, the alleged gay, Akinnifesi Olumide Olubunmi, was beaten in Ondo, Nigeria by a group of youths. He died of internal injuries a day after.] *** For Olumide. I saw you trembling at the eyes of men and […]