Skip to Content
Olongo Africa logo; illustration of small bird with 'Olongo Africa' next to it
  • Essay
  • Poetry
  • Fiction
  • Translation
  • News/Culture
  • #BookMood

Greater Tomorrow: Freedom Radio and The Struggle Against Abacha

by Molara Wood

Download as PDF Mọlará Wood Even now, decades later, Gbọ́láhàn Ọlálẹ̀mí cannot go to sleep in a dark room. It is a residual anxiety of the psychological trauma of the dictatorial regime of General Sani Abacha, when Ọlálẹ̀mí was detained at the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) in Apapa, Lagos. They had come for him […]

Jagua Nana as a Feminist Icon

by Desola Olaleye

Maybe Now, Maybe Never

by Ukamaka Olisakwe

Reading Àjàlá in Modern Times

by Deji Toye

Amnesic Curse and the Poetics of a Verdant Reminder

by Ndubuisi Martins Aniemeka

Subsidy cuts and increased electricity tariff driving renewable energy uptake in Nigeria

by Pelumi Salako

Mohbad: Light That Defies Darkness

by Ayọ̀délé Ìbíyẹmí

“Thus Counsels Ìṣẹ̀ṣe” by Wọlé Ṣóyínká

by Olongo Africa

Life and Times with Kole Omotosho – 1943 – 19 July 2023

by Gbénró Adégbolá

Yorùbá Masquerade Dancers Sing Oríkì and Dance Bàtá

by 'Gbenga Adeoba

Somalis’ love for black seed oil

by Mkhadar Yussuf

The Flute – African Urban Echoes

by Olongo Africa

Afterlife of Poems

by Funmi Gaji

Shanty Town: A Nollywood Proverb

by Ayọ̀délé Ọlọ́fintùádé

The Personal is also Political in Nigeria’s 2023 Elections

by Idowu Odeyemi

february flower is not for love

by Salawu Olajide

 How “Shanty Town” Bungled the Chance to Be a Spectacular Crime Series

by Jerry Chiemeke

Tumi and the Looking Glass

by Abbey Khambule

The Poetry of Soccer Commentary

by James Yeku

Let there be no death

by Daniel Olaoluwa Whyte

Heat

by Gabriel Awuah Mainoo

2022 Year in Review: Top Ten Stories at OlongoAfrica

by Olongo Africa

mettle

by Damilola Omotoyinbo

Looking Through Ẹlẹ́ṣin’s Hourglass

by Tade Ipadeola

Cloudburst in Jakande

by Muiz Ọpẹ́yẹmí Àjàyí

a song for agency

by Muchira Gachenge
Olongo Africa logo; illustration of small bird with 'Olongo Africa' next to it
  • About Us
  • Submit

A publication of The Brick House Cooperative. All rights reserved. Copyright 2023.