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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Afrihill Press Unveils First Print Title with Qudus Olowo’s Chapbook A Black Bird Sings About Loss The Nigerian poet, editor, rapper, singer, and songwriter, Qudus Olowo, also known as Blacc, in conjunction with Afrihill Press, is set to launch his poetry chapbook A Black Bird Sings About Loss on April 11, 2026, at the National Library
Afrihill Press is pleased to announce a free three-day virtual writing seminar that will take place from March 27 to March 29, 2026. The seminar will bring together writers, readers, and people who love literature for thoughtful discussions about writing and the role of literature during difficult times. The theme of the seminar is The
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Photo Credit: Kainebi Osahenye Senzeni Na ? My bedroom light flickers in the cold air, A configuration of everything you used to be. We sit in the wreckage of a silent room, Searching the dust for a reason/a sign/a decree. Senzeni na? What have we done to deserve this winter? Senzeni na? What is
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Photo Credit: Etsy.com Mercy, mercy after Michael Imossan Somewhere in Ikorodu, violence is loosening its fists, thawing like ice in the chest of a tout. he drowns a bus driver in baptismal curses with names of different gods. a market woman spits on a customer shaving prices like hair down to the scalp. meaning slips
Photo Credit: Unsplash Eden 2047 After Annihilation 2018 / After Ifeoluwa / After Emmanuel Umeji’s Eden, 2052 your name remains bulleted in the journal you gifted me on my birthday. there are extra bullets in all the places you marked ghosts, for haunting. think, Obiajulu. see the terracotta streets through which we walk into infinity and
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Photo Credit: Dreamstime The Distance of Water The first time Lamide heard the Lagos lagoon breathe, she imagined it was whispering a name she had spent three years avoiding. “Felix,” it sighed, or maybe she only heard what she wished. The wind tasted of salt, diesel, and roasted corn from the road. Fishermen hauled their
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Photo Credit: Paradise Gate House The Weight of What Moves Us: On Oladosu Michael Emerald’s Debut Poetry Collection Language is not the content of thought but the vessel into which we pour the ambivalences and contradictions of our thinking, afloat on the current of feeling and time. When the vessel becomes too small to hold
