Retelling her experience of meeting a Nigerian man on a crowded street in Hong Kong, the persona in Sarah Lubala’s “I am never more black”, from her 37-strong debut poetry collection A History of Disappearance (2022), concludes that “we are… Read More ›
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Got my hair, got my head: A review of Living While Feminist: Our Bodies, Our Truths
AiW Guest: Thulani Angoma-Mzini There is a silence, or perhaps a deafness, that the lay man (and particularly the cis-gendered heterosexual man) indulges in when it comes to bodies gendered differently to theirs. The collection of essays titled Living While… Read More ›
Q&A: Uche Peter Umez interviews poet Remi Raji
AiW Guest: Uche Peter Umez. “the good poem must and should be readable, friendly to the spoken word without being pedantic and pedestrian” Interviewer’s Note: Remi Raji, Nigerian poet, scholar, literary organiser, and cultural activist, is the author of six poetry… Read More ›