Chinyere Onyekwere

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A Reckoning

By | 2019-02-04T20:05:28-08:00 February 7th, 2019|Categories: Issue 80: 07 February 2019|Tags: , |

By Chinyere Onyekwere   "They're here, Papa!" cried seven-year-old Kene Biko, careening into his father's outstretched arms. They felt each other's thundering heartbeats—had that kind of connection. The sight of men cavorting on his property like they owned the place jolted Julius Biko, sent fear knifing through his innards. The dreaded land infringement conundrum was suddenly [...]

Patriarchal Palaver and Politics

By | 2017-09-13T16:05:27-07:00 September 14th, 2017|Categories: Issue 40: 14 Sep 2017|Tags: , , |

By Chinyere Onyekwere   Kpotuba sweated profusely as she climbed the ten dilapidated steps to Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission notice board. She looked for her name on the sample ballot, and its absence shocked her, rendered her huge undulating body immobile. She fought back tears of humiliation when a group of certified male contenders snickered [...]