Author: Afapinen

Personal Essays

A Brief History of Fear

Post author By Afapinen
Post date May 2, 2022

Illustration: Orndir Fanen

by EBELENNA TOBENNA ESOMNOFU

Tags attahiru jega, biafra nonfiction, boko haram, buhari, Ebelenna Tobenna Esomnofu, fear of death, goodluck jonathan, life of pi, nigeria election 2015, nysc, nysc stories, spirit of death, yann martel

Personal Essays

A Childhood Epiphany

Post author By Afapinen
Post date April 14, 2022
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Photo: Orndir Fanen

by MICHAEL CHIEDOZIEM CHUKWUDERA

Tags achebe, amu nnadi, baldwin, childhood, epiphany, Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera, nonfiction, pablo neruda, reading

Essays

A Critic Fails in His Critical Bidding: Nzube Nlebedim’s takedown of Chibundu Onuzo’s The Spider King’s Daughter

Post author By Afapinen
Post date February 2, 2022

Photo: Orndir Fanen

by Tọ́pẹ́-ẸniỌbańkẹ́ Adégòkè

Tags afapinen essays, Chibundu Onuzo, Nigerian criticism, Nzube Nlebedim, The Spider King's Daughter, Tope Adegoke

Reviews

Julius is the Mote Suspended in the Slow-Moving Music in Teju Cole’s Open City

Post author By Afapinen
Post date January 10, 2022

PHOTO CREDIT: Leonardo Cendamo/gettyimages

by Jeff Atuobi

Tags afapinen reviews, James Joyce, jeff atuobi, New York, open city, teju cole, The Dead

Poetry

The Gangster Poets of Ajegunle

Post author By Afapinen
Post date November 3, 2021

Illustration by TJ Benson

by UMAR ABUBAKAR SIDI

Poetry

Playing Avant-Garde or Theory of Dream

Post author By Afapinen
Post date November 3, 2021

Illustration by TJ Benson

by UMAR ABUBAKAR SIDI

Poetry

In This Poem Prophecies Come to Pass

Post author By Afapinen
Post date October 21, 2021

Illustration by Muhammad Ndamazhi Aliyu

by MINKAIL OLAITAN

Poetry

Two Poems by Ismail Bala

Post author By Afapinen
Post date September 28, 2021

Photo: Adoka Adaji

by ISMAIL BALA

Tags ismail bala, Nigerian poetry, the span of something

Reviews

Karen Jennings’ Short Novel of South Africa’s History

Post author By Afapinen
Post date September 27, 2021

Author Karen Jennings. (Photo by Carol Coelho)

by Nzube Nlebedim

Tags afapinen reviews, an island, booker prize 2021, holland house, karen jennings, masobe, nzube nledebim

Essays

A Scholar’s Odyssey: Ezekiel Fajenyo’s Critical Study of Dzukogi’s Writings

Post author By Afapinen
Post date September 24, 2021

PHOTO: BM Dzukogi (Source: Facebook)

by Paul Liam

Tags bm dzukogi, ezekiel fajenyo, paul liam