What does it mean to BREATHE? 🤔 CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE Issue 5, Vol 1 (June 2025) dives deep into this vital act. We’re seeking your poetry, prose, articles, and visuals on this universal concept. Submit by June 15th!
Slum & Transition | two CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poems by S. Su’eddie Vershima Agema
In my mother’s village, it happens again—
herders invade, fields burn, and another slum rises.
A Table Where I Am The Breakfast | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Oluwatobi Ezekiel Poroye
my country invites me
to a table where
I am the breakfast.
“The Future of African Poetry Fills Me With So Much Urgency…“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Adedayo Agarau
The future of African poetry fills me with so much urgency. My vision for the future is practical: more African-led publishing houses, more translation projects between African languages, and more platforms for critical dialogue.
IN THE QUIET, PEACE | a poem by Ajayi Taiwo Paul
We have carried the weight of their names on our tongues, in our hearts, and it has been heavy. But now, let us lay that weight down, not in forgetting, but in honoring.
Childhood Trauma & Creativity: Navigating The Ethical Tightrope of Personal Writing | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ essay by Kukogho Samson
Self-censorship is painful, excruciating, debilitating… It feels like a betrayal of self, an abuse of my creative impulse, and self-entrapment in a cycle of doubt and frustration.
SERENDIPITY | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ short story by Popoola Ololade Aderemi
You see the barely noticeable smile on her face. Her face. In a split second, you sweep your gaze over it and rest your eyes on the birthmark above her eyebrow. You wonder if this is what love feels like.
“The Writer’s Primary Duty Is To Write And Be True To The Story Or Subject Of Their Writing“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Iquo DianaAbasi
For this kind of social engineering to happen, there must first be an alteration or elevation of thought and consciousness; and how better to achieve this than with written work or literature in general?
‘EMOTION TACTILE’ / ‘FROM YOUR BELOVED DEAD’ / ‘WEEPING FALLS’ | three poems by Andre Bshara
The poem “Emotion Tactile” explores the various types of touch and their emotional impacts. “From Your Beloved Dead” reflects on the lingering presence of a lost love through sensory memories. “Weeping Falls” portrays nature’s sorrow in response to environmental degradation. Andre Bshara is a resident physician specializing in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, with interests in global healthcare and personal hobbies like reading and gaming.
IF ONLY HE WAS A GIRL | a short story by Maria Oluwabukola Oni
Sodiq once told him that putting strands from his eyelashes on his father’s footwear could make him forget to flog him. He didn’t believe it, but Sodiq was Alfa Sulaimon’s son and what better time to test the hypothesis than now when he faced imminent agony?