In partnership with Alinea Initiative, Goethe Institut Nigeria, African & Black Creatives for Development, and SELDI, SEVHAGE presents the winners of the Eugenia Abu/SEVHAGE International Prize for Creative Non-Fiction 2024. Blessing Omeiza Ojo’s piece is the joint-winning entry. “And like sheep to the slaughter, we marched—but not without song.”— Unattributed Lamb as a MetaphorI became … Continue reading
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THE HASTE TO MOVE ON (An Essay in the Wake of the Yelwata Massacre) by Terhemba Shija
It has gone so fast. The speed with which the downtrodden victims of tragic events are mourned these days frightens me. People in government hardly give a damn. With zero empathy they deftly move on. Life must go on. The dead are truly left to bury the dead.My heart bled when the nation woke up … Continue reading
THRILLS OF VERSE AND KNOWLEDGE AS MUSA IDRIS OKPANACHI READS AT THE SECOND SEVHAGE GUEST WRITER SESSION IN MAKURDI
by Su’eddie Vershima Agema It was fun as SEVHAGE in collaboration with the Writers’ League of the Benue State University and the poetry group, Purple Silver hosted the poet, Dr. Musa Idris Okpanachi to a reading at the Benue State University, Makurdi on the 29th of May, 2013. The time was 4pm and the audience … Continue reading
TENDER FLAMES (A Short Story) by Pever X
He was a fiercely ambitious youngman, intent on making loads of money and breaking free from the tenacious clutch of want. He resented his papa, who was too contented for his liking, but his mama was his heroin; she was the antithesis of her husband. Shana did nothing in life without stopping to consider whether … Continue reading