Editor @Sarabamag • Coordinator @Lolwe_ Academy • #NarrativeChampion @africanofilter
Joined January 2018
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Mar 16
Pleased to share my new essay, where, for @aLongHouse’s Homelessness issue, I write about a photography series by Damilare Adeyemi. Do read.
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Registration for 'Pemi Aguda's Constraints in Short Fiction masterclass will close soon. The masterclass will be held this Saturday, 20 June, so sign up today to secure your spot.
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The Branches and the Wind and the Rain | Zenas Ubere iselemagazine.com/2023/05/15…
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For a limited time, the Fiction Workshop with Troy Onyango is discounted by ~30%! There are only FIVE spaces available so sign up to secure your spot in the workshop.
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Registration for Tolu Daniel's Literary Criticism masterclass is still open. Limited spaces are available, so sign up today to secure your spot.
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Jun 3
RT @TroyOnyango: the fact that @sarabamag is currently receiving submissions and publishing new work makes me so happy!
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📣Calling Black writers!
We’re on the lookout for audacious stories from the global Black world.
Submissions open on a rotating basis, with different genres opening throughout the year.
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We are pleased to share that Saraba Magazine is now open for submissions. We are seeking previously published work for The Revival Project and unpublished work for our general submission category.
sarabamag.com/submissions/
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Registration for Troy Onyango's Fiction Workshop is still open. Limited spaces are available, so sign up today to secure your spot.
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Jun 1
This past May, two of my short stories got published in great venues: @Sarabamag
And ZamaShorts. You can check both of them out here:
sarabamag.com/dithering/
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Jun 1
RT @TroyOnyango: if you missed the @lolwe_ submission window, don’t stress because @sarabamag just opened!
sarabamag.com/submissions
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Registration for Tolu Daniel's Nonfiction Workshop is still open. Limited spaces are available, so sign up today to secure your spot.
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May 31
"My resolution to be tethered to this country is probably a natural conclusion; an unplanned effort towards or against fate. The people who leave me behind are more than those who are here."
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May 31
My essay "On Missing Home and Reaching for Language" is published in @Sarabamag 🎉🎉
Thank you @ZenasUbere for the editorial care you gave to my work.
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May 30
My personal essay, Airport Photo is published today on Saraba Mag. I’m so grateful to @ZenasUbere for how gently he handled my work.
Read here:
sarabamag.com/airport-photo/
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Leaving is a blemish,
and in this final boarding call
old things have not passed away.
Thank you @Sarabamag for sharing this piece from CB!
sarabamag.com/burden-pass/
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May 30
"There is nothing as horrible as stasis dressed in the ordinary clothes of daily life, indistinguishable from living until someone who truly sees you tells you."
Welcome To My Jordan Year by Oluwaseyi Daniel Busari
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May 30
"The biggest source of cultural alienation for me is not knowing how to speak my parents’ languages. I have been thinking about this a lot lately, feeling acutely the limits English has imposed on my mind."
Outsider by Blessing Maraizu
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May 30
"The two languages sway together, sometimes falling over each other. But each time the Luganda phrases surface, my heart dances and lifts in recognition."
On Missing Home and Reaching for Language by Racheal Kimuli
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May 30
"The grey Corolla joins the column of cars at Departures. Stepping out, my body collides with Lagos’s sweltering heat, which burns despite the earlier drizzle."
Airport Photo by Iruoma Chukwuemeka
sarabamag.com/airport-photo/
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