Nigeria, Jan. 12 -- We treat the Earth like an elderly relative whose memory has gone sour, testing our canines on her liver, forgetting we live inside her lungs, breathing through the ache of her pa... Read More
Nigeria, Jan. 10 -- I am sitting here, wondering if the world has finally decided to give up its membership to the 20th century, the way a man might decide to stop paying for a gym he neve... Read More
Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- He says he is fighting AI. Says it loudly. Usually online. He means the new kind- the kind with opinions, the kind that finishes sentences before he finishes being angry. He say... Read More
Nigeria, Dec. 21 -- Mother, please, don't call me home now. The game is just starting, and I have spent my whole life in the tunnel. I am almost at the field. I know I am close, because I can hear i... Read More
Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- I wonder if the octopus ever gets confused, down there in its coral apartment, when one arm is busy prying open a clam, another is tasting the water for tiger sharks, and a thi... Read More
Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- The doctor explains it simply: the pain is not in the leg. The leg is gone. The pain has relocated to a safer office, somewhere behind the eyes, with better furniture. I ... Read More
Nigeria, Dec. 11 -- Let me put the kettle on. This idea won't leave me alone. You know the old saying? The palm wine tapper is drunk, he thinks the palm is short. I keep picturing him, you see? This ... Read More
Nigeria, Dec. 11 -- The indictment cites the '80s ghost. The briefing notes list cartels. The planes arrive, their sides stenciled JUSTICE, a word meant to gild an old, imperial greed. Back home, a s... Read More