By Sharon Olukoya, Gusau, Nigeria I thought all wisdom lived in chalk and board, In x and y, in essays...

By Ken Muyiwa, Ontario, Canada Green shoots pierce the dust, From broken ground dreams take root, The land breathes again.

By Ernest Chibuike, Accra, Ghana From ash of trials, a nation shall arise, Her children bold, with dreams no chain...

By Tessy Ogwuche, Texas, USA From the first page, Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun feels like the Nigerian...

By Wilson John, Makurdi, Nigeria When I first opened Chinua Achebe’s There Was a Country, I thought it would just...

By Ifeanyi Eze, Asaba, Nigeria Ifeanyi was known in his school as “the daydreamer.” Teachers often caught him staring out...