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Features January 9, 2017

Chibundu Onuzo’s New Short Story is About Love, Weight Loss, and Instagram

Chibundu Onuzo’s second novel Welcome to Lagos hit the stands a few days ago. She’s also gifted us a brand new short story that incorporates everything we obsess about in contemporary culture—Instagram, netflix, hashtags, weight loss, and many more. The story is titled “Kentish Town” and was published on www.express.co.uk. “Kentish Town” tells the story of Aramide who […]

Who Knew Teju Cole Could Write a Love Story?

The philosophically-minded, politically-inclined, and ever-so-serious Teju Cole has just graced us with a tender story about a New York gas station attendant and his troubles with love and women. The story is titled “Second God” and was commissioned by BBC’s Radio 4 from Cole. “Second God” is not available in print. The story comes in […]

African Fiction At Its Sexiest! “THRESHOLD” by Akwaeke Emezi

Kachi held the door knob tightly as it turned inside her fist, hoping to seize its sounds in the spaces of her fingers. It didn’t work—the door snapped and clicked and groaned as she tried to push it open gently. She cursed under her breath, using those sharp dirty words her mother would slap her […]

Flasher

Akin walked faster. It had been ten days, he felt he would implode. He needed to do this now, he had to. He looked behind him before hailing a cab. He was so ashamed; he was married man, a father, with kids, why? Why was this happening to him? He could not tell his […]