Author: Afapinen

A Critic At Large

Chairs, Laundry, and Homophobia

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 28, 2026
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Photo: Michael Larri

by Michael Bestman Osemudiamen

Tags ernest jesuyemi, evidence egwuono adarho, homophobia, homosexuality, michael bestman osemudiamen, moral panic, NBCC, pride, reclaiming the rainbow for god, why are you gay

Reviews

Singing Through Grief, Grieving Through Song

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 25, 2026
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Now I Sing God into Stones (cover); Oko Owi Ocho (Author's photohgraph by LuperWright Aluga)

by Izang Alexander Haruna

Tags kwararafa, Nigerian poetry, now i sing god into stones, oko owi ocho, poetry review, we will sing water

Essays

The World Cup and the Fading Promise of Belonging

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 17, 2026

Illustration by Orndir Fanen

by Stephanie Sewuese Shaakaa

Tags fifa2026, football, shaakaa, world cup

Visual Art

Sef Adeola’s Interior Gaze

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 12, 2026

Cost of Our Abomination by Sef Adeola

by Adesiyan Oluwapelumi

Tags african digital art, digital art, lolwe, sef adeola

Fiction

Ugomma’s Departure

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 6, 2026

Image: Courtesy of author

by Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

Tags Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera, nigerian novel, woman at a crossroads

Fiction

Séance

Post author By Afapinen
Post date May 30, 2026
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Original photo: Adoka Adaji / Illustrated by Orndir Fanen

by Kenneth Kumater Katsina

Tags best nigerian fiction, kenneth kumater katsina, tiv prose, tsav fiction, zaki wuaikya

Personal Essays

A Job is a Lullaby to the Ears

Post author By Afapinen
Post date May 19, 2026

A Dreamer's Landscape by Emmanuel Esomnofu

by Bright Aboagye

Fiction

Don Ritz

Post author By Afapinen
Post date March 26, 2026

by Emmanuel Esomnofu

Essays

Finding Kadiatou

Dream Count

by Isaiah Adepoju

Tags chimamanda ngozie adichie, dream count, finding kadiatou, kadiatou, nigerian novel, nlng

Dance Shorts

Joachim Keke

Post author By Afapinen
Post date February 21, 2026

Joachim Keke

by Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

Tags amapiano, house music genre, mystic house, nektunez, stunna on the track