Photo Credit: Jacob Lawrence The Arrival Ololade A. Obadina I landed with two suitcases and a prayer. Winter hit me first, then the cost of air. Everyone said, “it’s greener on the other side.” Nobody told me green also means you hide. I dey learn new rules for old life. I dey calculate pounds to
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Photo Credit: narodnatribuna.info The Trees Have Left Without Us Hassan Ismail Adekunle I wanted to write a poem, but the page became another thing I had to explain. Outside, a tree older than my grandfather is being taught how to disappear. Men arrive with machines And the earth opens its mouth. Nobody
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Photo Credit: ar.inspiredpencil.com Fields Notes on a Country that Refuses to Remain Dead Asma’u Yahaya Mustapha Specimen I: Dust Collected at 6:13 A.M. from the road between two unnamed towns. Composition: red earth, millet husk, tyre ash, the residue of feet traveling towards places they cannot afford to name. Under magnification, the specimen contains
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What Cannot Be Stolen: A Review of Heritage of Loss A few months after the death of Nigerian business magnate Chief Michael Ibru in 2016, sixteen of his children were in court, suing and countersuing each other over a multi-billion-naira estate, with one daughter even demanding paternity tests to determine who was entitled to a
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Interviewed by Qudus Olowo What inspired you to establish Imodoye Writers Residency, and what personal meaning does it hold for you? I established the Writers Enclave to share my devotion to writing and to enrich the literary community. In essence, the residency aims to empower writers to produce work of the highest calibre, and do
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Photo Credit: Paul Richardson/Bloomberg Night Fall in Eko Atlantic by Olobo Ejile It was my first visit to Eko Atlantic, a city which sits on the now extinct Bar Beach, the reclaimed land along the Atlantic Ocean Shoreline. The space, a couple of years back, was concessioned to South Energyx Nigeria Ltd, a subsidiary of
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Reading Bridgette James, Reading Me by Oladosu Michael Emerald “The reader’s dilemma is not so different from the writer who now navigates a community agog with a game of Find the Imposter, where everyone is both player and umpire.” – Innocent Chizaram Ilo on the Ongoing Dilemma for Readers and Writers. There are few
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The Cathartic Frequency in the Muse Behind Poetry: A Review of Olowo Qudus’ “A Black Bird Sings About Loss” When I first came across Qudus Olowo’s most recent collection, a few interpretations coursed through my mind for each word that constitutes the book’s title. The symbolism of race by the word “black” coincides with the
Photo Credit: Freepik Death at the Altar Father Patrick was shot while at the altar, on the eve of Easter Sunday. He had stood at the altar, hands trembling slightly as he reached for the chalice. Having just begun the sacred call, pleading for the alchemy that transforms wine into blood. Then a single crack
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Introducing the Reader Team at Afrihill Press Afrihill Press is pleased to introduce our reader team. This group of dedicated individuals will be responsible for reading and reviewing all submissions received by our publishing house. Our readers will work closely with the Founding Editor by supporting the editorial process of creative works submitted to Afrihill
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