This photographic project documents the lived realities of a community whose daily commute home involves crossing the waters where Nigeria’s two greatest rivers merge.
Ordeal | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Timileyin Adepoju
Bodies will yawn off the absence of sleep.
The earth will gurgle urgencies of feet
Current I & II | two CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poems by Babatunde Adeleke
You walk up
and my body already knows
which way the water is trying to go.
The Weight of Our Steps | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ short story by Christian Emecheta
Kiano stood frozen beside me; his young face became a mask of horror. At that moment, I saw him transform from a child into something else – a survivor who had witnessed too much death.
Salvation | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Sarah Adeyemo
Lord, I am young, and I’m searching
for forever in your eyes. Look beyond my hands
BETWEEN THE STRANGE AND THE FAMILIAR | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ review of ʼPemi Agudaʼs Ghostroots by Sima Essien
Moonbeam is way beyond that nomenclature of emerging narratives. It is a foregrounding of viable traditional modes and patterns in what bearers of a value system believe about a world that works.
How To Mend a Broken Body | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Sofiat Omowumi Ramon
I ask the universe how to mend a broken body,…
A Dark Quinquennial | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ short story by Ibrahim Oga
Kiano stood frozen beside me; his young face became a mask of horror. At that moment, I saw him transform from a child into something else – a survivor who had witnessed too much death.
CURRENTS & TRIBUTARIES | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ photospeak by Jide Badmus
On one side, the raw energy of the coastline—marked by jagged rocks, weathered wood, and the distant silhouette of a vessel. On the other, the intimate serenity of the park pond, where sunlight filters through overhanging boughs to illuminate a thriving community of waterfowl.
This World Makes New Names For Suffering | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Wisdom Nemi Otikor
the poor cannot buy and capitalism is
noose around our neck. Those whose rewards are in heaven, let