Author: Carl Terver

Reviews

The Remarkable Gift of When We Were Fireflies — Review

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date May 27, 2023

PHOTO: Afapinen

by Carl Terver

Nigerian Politics

The Final Coming

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date Feb 25, 2023

Posterised image of Peter Obi by Orndir Fanen. Original credit: Unknown.

by Carl Terver

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Reviews

An Ancient Labour Room of Stars: on Sidi’s The Poet of Dust

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date Feb 20, 2023

The poet Umar Abubakar Sidi

by Carl Terver

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Interviews

Ghana’s Jeff Atuobi: A Joycean, And More

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date Feb 8, 2023

Jeff Atuobi / PHOTO: Author

by Carl Terver

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Essays Short Stories

Zimbabwe’s Nyashadzashe Celebrates the Short Story with Mukana’s First Anthology, The Newlywed’s Window

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date Feb 7, 2023

Nyashadzashe Chikumbu in frame 1; Cover page of The Newlwed's Windows (Mukana Press, 2022) in frame 2

by Carl Terver

Music

Wizkid Bad To Us

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date Dec 28, 2022

Album art cover, Wizkid's More Love, Less Ego

by Carl Terver

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Reviews

Displacement Poetry, Meta-fluidity, and a little bit of Love and Grief

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date Dec 15, 2022

PHOTO: Luper Aluga

by Carl Terver

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Essays

Peaky Blinders: Our Secret Love Affair with Violence

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date May 31, 2022

Still from the motion picture Peaky Blinders.

by Carl Terver

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Music

The Kinetic Poetry and Spirituality of Obongjayar

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date Apr 11, 2022

Obongjayar. Artist Photo via INSTAGRAM

by Carl Terver

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Music

The Joie De Vivre of Aṣa’s V Album

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date Mar 31, 2022

Illustration by Orndir Fanen

by Carl Terver

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