Fiction and Poetry

You Win in This Fight, Against God | Okorie Divine - Afrocritik
You Win in This Fight, Against God | Okorie Divine

But not all the time do you win this fight against God. Like the year,…

Hands by Feyisayo Anjorin - Afrocritik
Hands | Feyisayo Anjorin

By Feyisayo Anjorin Remember when the preacher called us fools, tools in the hands of…

Fresh Dope (When Hope is a Voice Trapped in Dead Air) | Dhee Sylvester - Afrocritik
Fresh Dope (When Hope is a Voice Trapped in Dead Air) | Dhee Sylvester

As you listen to the diverse themes his songs touch on, you discover a rawness…

Two Poems - Olaseni Kehinde Precious - Afrocritik
Two Poems | Olaseni Kehinde Precious

By Olaseni Kehinde Precious A Crumb of Broken Stones From a realm of tales, they…

Ikechukwu Henry - The Woman who broke the wall -fiction - Afrocritik
The Woman Who Broke the Wall | Ikechukwu Henry

Ejiofor knew his life wasn’t going to be the same when he heard he was…

Little Gifts Given to the Wild by Joemario Umana on Afrocritik
Little Gifts Given to the Wild | Joemario Umana

By Joemario Umana Ask me of a point where neglect and hope meet, And I…

"It’s enough for us to sit in silence and wonder" by Abigail George on Afrocritik
It’s enough for us to sit in silence and wonder | Abigail George

By Abigail George Love is an echo from my distant past; it has bewitched the…

Watlz Beyond the Veil by Obonofon Etuk
Waltz Beyond the Veil | Obongofon Etuk

By  Obongofon Etuk (In Memory of Enobong Ibanga Inyang) I can’t begin with anything endearing, In…

temidayo okun poetry for afrocritik
i’d like to own an elephant — that’s no bigger than a peanut | temidayo okun

By temidayo okun i’d like to sit on a bed of roses — while watching…

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A Poem Where Goodbye(s) Means What the Hands Cannot Hold Anymore | Anderson Moses

By Moses Anderson After Amanam Ndem                     You have heard that the cemetery has more talents,…