Author: Afapinen

Poetry

Chukwudera’s Painter of Love

Post author By Afapinen
Post date Feb 14, 2023

Author Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

Poetry Chapbook by Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

Tags heiress chapbook, Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera, pablo neruda, painter of love

Fiction

How to Rob an Ice Cream Parlour

Post author By Afapinen
Post date Feb 5, 2023

Illustration by Orndir Fanen

by Abdulnasir Imam

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Broadcast Pop Culture

Coast Contra

Post author By Afapinen
Post date Sep 18, 2022

Album Cover, Apt. 505 / coastcontra.com

by Carl Terver

Tags american hip hop, apt. 50, coast contra, eric jamal, give up the goods freestyle, raj austin, rap music, ras austin, rio loz

Profiles

An Artistic Journey of Bereavement: Jindu Enugbe

Post author By Afapinen
Post date Aug 7, 2022

Jindu Enugbe

by Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

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Reviews

God Vs. Africa: Ejike Aneke’s Africa Blames God

Post author By Afapinen
Post date Jul 27, 2022

Illustration by Orndir Fanen

by Ugochukwu Anadi

Tags africa blames god, christianity, ejike aneke, godsplanation, religion, transatlantic slave trade, ugochukwu anadi

Essays

Avant-Garde Theatre: Segun Adefila’s Dis Loyal Judas

Post author By Afapinen
Post date Jul 24, 2022

Image: Cropped flier of Segun Adefila's "Dis Loyal Jesus" (top); Segun Adefila (bottom) / Illustration by Orndir Fanen

by Bestman Michael Osemudiamen

Tags avant-garde, bestman michael Osemudiamen, dis loyal judas, easter, mel gibson, oko owi ocho, paradox, passion of christ, performance, resurrection, segun adefila, the marquee

Poetry

Kelvin Kellman: The Poet as a Cartographer

Post author By Afapinen
Post date Jul 21, 2022

The poet Kelvin Kellman at the African Studies department, Oxford University.

by Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

Tags A Nigerian Christmas, Kelvin Kellman

Redpill Stories

A Stint in Redpillville

Post author By Afapinen
Post date Jul 10, 2022

Red Pill Man by Orndir Fanen

by Ubong Johnson

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Poetry

Tonite I Am Complete With All the Deaths My Country Has Gifted Me

Post author By Afapinen
Post date Jun 27, 2022

Head of the Golden King Fish by Umar Abubakar Sidi

by CARL TERVER

Tags Carl Terver, deborah samuel, elegy written in may, harira jibril, Nigerian poetry, Tonite I Am Complete With All the Deaths My Country Has Gifted Me

Essays

Samuel A. Adeyemi’s Confession of Unbelief

Post author By Afapinen
Post date Jun 11, 2022

The poet Samuel A. Adeyemi

by Ancci

Tags ancci, applying psalms 121 to a gentile, Arasi Kamolideen Oluwapelumi, christianity, dante, epiphany, faith, faith in god, god, harold bloom, heaven is a metaphor, helen vendler, metaphysical poetry, Nigerian poetry, poetry criticism, samuel a adeyemi, spirituality, the divine comedy, walt whitman