Author: Afapinen

Essays Poetry

The Medical Style of Chisom Okafor

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 16, 2024

The poet Chisom Okafor

by Eniola Arowolo

Tags a short note on my coming out, chisom okafor, clinical blues, dami ajayi, Eniola Arowolo, Nigerian poetry, synonyms for tachycardia

Music

Sade – Sublime & Ageless: A Selection of 10 Best Listens

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 8, 2024

The singer Sade

by Abah Onoja

Tags abah onoja, sade - sublime & ageless, sade adu, sade diamond life, sweetest taboo

Music

Young Jonn’s Jiggy Forever

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 1, 2024

Album Cover for Jiggy Forever (Chocolate City Music; 2024)

by Ayodeji Ajibola

Tags afrobeats, aquafina, chocolate city music, jiggy forever, spotify top albums, xtra cool, young jonn, young jonn the wicked producer

Editorial

Everything Is Criticism—Why I Started Afapinen

Post author By Afapinen
Post date April 5, 2024

In frame: Carl Terver

by Carl Terver

Tags Carl Terver, fundraising, Nigerian criticism, started afapinen, support afapinen

Essays Poetry Reviews

The Decline of Love Poetry: Reading Chukwudera’s Painter of Love

Post author By Afapinen
Post date April 2, 2024

Illustration by Orndir Fanen

by Ancci

Tags afapinen reviews, ancci, heiress chapbook, Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera, neruda, Nigerian poetry, painter of love, poetry reviews

Poetry

Dysphasia

Post author By Afapinen
Post date March 7, 2024

IMAGE: Stone Landing by Carl Terver

by Umar Yogiza Jr

Tags a taste of stone collection, Nigerian poetry, umar yogiza jr

Essays Poetry

A Canvas for Pain: Boloere Seibidor

Post author By Afapinen
Post date March 3, 2024

PHOTO: Boloere Seibidor (INSTAGRAM)

by Lyambee Aorabee

Tags black swan, boloere seibidor, everything is an illusion, man in the black trench coat, new school poetry, Nigerian poetry, parables of a body lost in itself, when i sleep i pray

Evenings

Notes from Obii Ifejika’s “Love & Others” Post-Valentine Poetry Evening

Post author By Afapinen
Post date February 23, 2024

PHOTO: @marveltheblessing

by Seyi Lasisi

Tags Obi Ifejika, poetry evening, post valentine

Reviews

Reviewed: On Vanessa Walters’ The Nigerwife

Post author By Afapinen
Post date November 29, 2023

The Nigerwife cover (Masobe)

by Njoku Nonso

Tags Nigerian fiction, njoku nonso reviews, the nigerwife review, vanessa walters the nigerwife

A Critic At Large

Much Ado About the Criticism of Fourth Generation Nigerian Poetry

Post author By Afapinen
Post date November 20, 2023

Image by Orndir Fanen

by Bestman Michael Osemudiamen