If My Scars Could Talk By Tega Oghenechovwen Feature Tega Oghenechovwen contemplates the ways in which acute childhood trauma can infect and compromise relationships later in life.
After Three Children, Reclaiming My Body and My Mind By Ukamaka Olisakwe Feature In the wake of childbirth and postpartum complications affecting her mental health and her marriage, Ukamaka Olisakwe picks herself up and starts over — in grad school.
An Igbo Slaver’s Descendants Reckon With History By Danielle Jackson Highlight Adaobi Tricia Nwaumbani reveals her Igbo great-grandfather’s history with the transatlantic slave trade.
Mind the Dog’s Feet By ChibunduOnuzo Feature After a trip to Durban, Chibundu Onuzo discovers that Nigerians are not always popular with South Africans, and that where some black South Africans see a history of oppression, Nigerians see opportunity.
Climate Change and Social Disorder in Central Africa By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight As climate change dries Central Africa’s massive Lake Chad, extremists and militant governments distrupt the lives of the tribes who once made their life here.
Teju Cole Delights in Sentence Fragments By Krista Stevens Highlight “For me it’s about recognizing that great art comes in all kinds of forms.”
The Teen Girls Who Defied Boko Haram By Krista Stevens Highlight The bravest members of the Nigerian resistance are the teenage girls who refuse to become tools of terrorism.
The Nigerian, Feminist Designer who Flouts Convention By Danielle Jackson Highlight Building a fashion empire in a country that’s still conservative about sexuality and female agency.
