FADE IN: INT. LIVING ROOM — DAY Four people are in the room, TOLA, BAYO, BOLU, and KIYO. BAYO stands nervously in front of TOLA, who sits on the couch, arms crossed. BAYO: Hey, Tola. How have you been? TOLA: (shrugs) Fine, I suppose. What do you want, Bayo? BAYO…

In the corner of the room, a sleek water filter was tucked neatly next to an upscale kitchen, complete with granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances. The room was kept cool by a fancy air conditioner that hummed quietly in the background. Kehinde, a successful Nigerian film producer, was scrolling through…

Funke stood at the train station in East London, her voice raised in anger as she confronted Sam, the white woman in front of her. “No! You’ve just slapped my face, and you expect me to smile? No…no! Fuck you and your queen! And her husband, and her father. And…

“Kiyo, see I no just understand wetin be your beef with pastors sef. Abi one pastor somewhere don tiff your babe before?” Kayode teased. One of the things Kayode knew about Kiyo was his private controversial opinions when it came to the ‘white man’s’ religion and how it affected Kiyo…

i’ve been feeling lost, my soul’s in the gutter trapped in the desert, the sahel’s a hotbed of despair hot air and sand sand in my nostrils searching for jesus but the devil’s got me surrounded trying to pull me under, bury me alive, i’m scared i’ve been feeling lost…

Kiyo felt like he was in a maze; a maze full of cobwebs, except that the strands of the cobwebs were moving like a school of tadpoles intertwining with each other and releasing themselves. The strands of cobwebs pulled his attention in the direction they went, each of them; such…

I had always heard about the vibrant culture and endless opportunities in Nigeria from my parents and friends in the diaspora. …

Toké listened patiently to his nephew’s rant, understanding the anger and frustration that boiled within him. He knew it was difficult to reconcile faith and reality, to believe in something that seemed so far out of reach. …

As Kiyoba eagerly asks what the humans have brought, the elder Jumbo contemplates the motives behind their offering of cake. He recalls the warnings of the oracles and the pleas of the elders to prepare for the arrival of the humans, and muses on the guilt the humans must feel…