Afritondo — Afritondo

Hustle

A thick wad yesterday because he was a potbellied politician/ Wafer-thin today because he is a construction worker/ Something is better than nothing

PoetryDavid Agyei-YeboahNovember 19, 2022Poem, David Agyei-YeboahComment

The Emigrant

She was between the devil and the deep blue sea. The deep blue sea that led to Europe was better than the devil at home.

FictionKingsley AlumonaOctober 29, 2022short story, immigrationComment

Alternatives to Handling Depression

Gather woods /Make a fire /Stand strong before the smoke

PoetryPrince U.D. TardehOctober 22, 2022Liberia, poem Comments

There, In That Place Of Promise

Courage was foreign to me. It was something I couldn’t grab and make mine. But not that Tuesday.

FictionJosiah IkpeOctober 15, 2022short storyComment

Ubushiku

Monde was left to race against the sun, for the moment it set, the night entertained the dead.

FictionMutale ChisuloSeptember 10, 2022short storyComment

The Battle of the Gods: A Folktale

ChiUkwu is called ChiUkwu for a reason. He is the only god with “ukwu” attached to his name. The Great. The Supreme. And what does a man so weak that the rains had beaten the melanin off him know about greatness?

FictionUgochukwu AnadịAugust 27, 2022Folktale, Nigeria, gods Comment

Solemnity

Solemnity—A poem by Arthur Davies | Liberia

PoetryArthur Shedrick DaviesJuly 30, 2022Poem, Liberia Comments

This Lagos Life

The poster says he’s selling “tried and trusted weak erection and penis enlagment creams.” Tried and trusted by whom exactly? Those who cannot spell enlargement?

LivesRaheem OmeizaJuly 23, 2022short story, Lagos, personal essay

Friday Begins The Weekend

They preach prosperity year in, year out, and during election tell you not to vote for a Muslim if you are a Christian. Or not vote for a Christian if you are a Muslim. Election is next year, you will see with your two eyes. That is if you do not leave the country oh. Anyway, you can watch from over there in the abroad.

FictionSolomon Timothy HamzaJuly 16, 2022short story, Nigeria Comments

Ice

Ice got him to stop talking

FictionWale MarianoJune 18, 2022short story Comments

The weight of grief

But your father wasn’t always like this. Before your birth, he was one of the sweetest men I had known.

FictionEwa Gerald OnyebuchiJune 4, 2022Grief, Short Story, Ewa Gerald OnyebuchiComment

New Lagosian

I am not sure he can hear me above all the noise: the honks of vehicles, the murmur of roadside traders, the barbershop loudspeaker, the screams of the conductors.

FictionEniola Abdulroqeeb ArówólòMay 21, 2022Lagos, Eniola Arowolo, short storyComment