Ewa Gerald Onyebuchi
Managing Editor
Juliana Nwazodoni
Features Editor
Juliana Nwazodoni is a Writer, Lecturer of Literature, and Spoken Word Poet. Her works, spanning short stories, essays and poems, have appeared in The Mexodus, Voyage of Discovery, Enibokun Journal, EJOLLS, Kokonut Head Media, Literary Denizens, and Ayánfé. She has performed at various events, including TEDx AAU Ekpoma, and was a Writer-in-Residence at the Rongo Artist Residency. Her body of work includes the poetry collection, A Girl’s Body is a Story, and Fragments of Us, a poetry exhibition. She founded The Story Yard, a literary community in Ekpoma, and Your Literary Buddy, a virtual platform for teaching Literature.
Qudus Olowo
Poetry Editor
Qudus Olowo, also known as ‘Blacc’ is a Nigerian writer, editor, rapper, singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. He is the Founding Editor of Afrihill Press, a Nigerian-based small independent publishing house, Poetry Editor of The Ugly Review, and a former Editorial Intern at Another Chicago Magazine. His poems have appeared in Ake Review, Lolwe, Consequence Forum, Temz Review, MIDLVL Mag and elsewhere. While his short stories have been featured in Kalahari Review and Blue Marble Review. He is the author of the poetry chapbook A Black Bird Sings About Loss (Afrihill Press, 2026). He was longlisted for the Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize 2024, a former poetry mentor at the SprinNG Writing Fellowship, a 2025 Rongo Art Residency Artist-in-Residence, Fellow of the Imodoye Writers’ Residency 2026 and a member of The Ugly Collective. Qudus holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria.
Chukwuebuka Alu
Associate Poetry Editor
Chukwuebuka Alu is a Nigerian poet. He is an alumnus of the Rongo Artist Residency. For his poetry he has been nominated/shortlisted for The Best of Net (2021), the Stephen A. Dibiase Poetry Prize (2021 & 2024), The Jack Grapes Poetry Prize (2021), Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (2022) and the Brigette Poirson Literature Prize (2024). His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming on The Temz Review, Third Coast, Beaver Magazine, Kissing Dynamite Poetry, Roadrunner Review, MacGuffin, 20.25 Africa: An Anthology, Glass Mountain, Rigorous, Deraciné, Defunkt, New Feathers Anthology and elsewhere under the name Ebuka Evans. In 2025, he founded The Akachi Creative Writing Foundation to provide support to young African creative writers.
Testimony Odey
Prose Editor
Temidayo Testimony Omali Odey, mostly known as Testimony Odey, is a Nigerian writer whose works have been published in magazines and journals such as The FEMINIST Magazine, The Deadlands, Torch Literary Arts, Brittle Paper, Paper Lanterns, Akéwì Magazine, and elsewhere. She was recently selected for the 2026 Library of Africa and the African Diaspora’s West Africa Road Residency, and is a former resident of the Rongo Artist Residency, and MAAR. She has been shortlisted for the African Human Rights Short Story Prize and Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize, and is a recipient of the Nigerian Prize for Teen Authors and Ten Outstanding Young Persons Awards. On social media, she’s @testimonyodey.
Igbokwe Onyinyechi Favour
Associate Prose Editor
Igbokwe Onyinyechi Favour is a Nigerian writer and storyteller currently studying English and Literature at the University of Benin. A devoted lover of African literature, her work delves themes of love, self-discovery, human emotion and memory, often blending lyrical language with personal reflection. She is the current Secretary at the English and Literature Students Association Creative Writing Workshop at UNIBEN, was an Artist-in-Residence at the Rongo Artist Residency in 2025, organized by the Benin Arts and Books Festival, and is also a fellow of The Ugly Collective. She is on Instagram as @igbokwe_onyinyechi_favour.
Oladosu Michael Emerald
Art/Photography Editor
Oladosu Michael Emerald is a writer, artist, photographer, and actor. He is the author of “Every Little Thing That Moves” and serves as an editor at Uncanny Magazine and Surging Tide. A Science Fiction Poetry Association member. A 3x Best of the Net nominee and 3x Pushcart nominee, he is the winner of the Sine Qua Non Inaugural Poetry Prize, Off the Limit Contest, SprinNG Poetry Contest, Garden Party Collective Neurodivergent Poetry Contest, and first runner-up of the Sande Poetry Prize. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Chestnut Review, FIYAH, ONLY POEMS, Asimov, Bournemouth Journal, Temz Review, and elsewhere.
He is a pioneer resident of the Muktar Aliyu Art Residency and the Rongo Art Residency and a fellow of The Ugly Collective. He tweets @garricologist on X and @oladosu_michael_emerald on Instagram.
Okoro Ikechukwu Emmanuel
Social Media Manager
Okoro Ikechukwu Emmanuel, also known as Young Emike is a Nigerian filmmaker, director, and cinematographer, as well as a freelance photographer, driven by intentional storytelling for cultural and social impact. His work spans film and documentary, exploring identity, power, gender, and community narratives while challenging dominant illusions and reframing African stories with depth and authenticity. Through cinematic visuals and thoughtful storytelling, he promotes underrepresented voices and is building a creative empire that bridges cinema and visual culture.