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LAGOS NOIR: A STUDY IN ENTROPY

Non-Fiction by drc. Jaèy I. The Initial State (low entropy) [Date: Tuesday. The power is out again.] The needle doesn’t just drop; it drags. It scrapes across the vinyl of my memory like a fingernail across a chalkboard. Brymo’s Entropy isn’t a song you simply listen to; it’s an environment...

August 11, 2026

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CANTATA: MIGRATION SEQUENCE 1

& other poems by Afia Ansong I turn every visit to the country into a song I sing of my grandmother's hometown I sing and climb to Aburi mountains I tell my friends the foreigners about the titles my grandmother held, she is Nana no longer but should we destool...

August 4, 2026

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TAPE LETTERS

Fiction by Claudia Owusu She stirred awake in the middle of the night, this time not because of rainstorms or a neighbor’s quarrel; but because of her own muggy sweat, and a dampness in the room that made her claw for a body by her bed side—an indent of the...

July 28, 2026

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AMEN

Poetry by Eileen Gbagbo On a 5 minute voice note on Whatsapp My father is praying for me Blessings, holy fire on my enemies – I miss the beat to say [ ] Jehovah...

July 21, 2026

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MARCHING IN PLACE

Fiction by Jean Wathugu This skater at the park just missed my left hip by an inch. The LEDs on the Bluetooth speaker strapped to his head are merging with his hair as he zooms into the mirage. In between cursing him out and skipping a heartbeat, I think I...

July 14, 2026