Contributors

Two Poems By Bisola Bada 

Bisola Bada is a Business Psychologist and writer from Nigeria. She writes about the intersection of life, beauty, love, and everything in between; she writes especially for the girl child. I forgive myself in pleasing patriarchy I am a sinner but I forgive myself because…

Poetry

Sacrilege By Shitta Faruq Ademola 

Shitta Faruq Ademola’s poem, Sacrilege narrates the girlchild’s plight with sharp imagery. He wears the rather tight shoes, which fate gifts women, and takes a few steps, and recounts the feeling which came with every stride in lines and in verses. Sacrilege a pleasant poem…

Fiction

Life Cycle of a Girl 

Written By: Jamiu Ahmed For God so love a girl, he named her Rose… Rose is a sanguine bud — the rudiment of tomorrow’s Queen-flower — a fruit-bearer en-wombed by series of onion layers. The garden is a home — the reflection of a graveyard…