A paying literary journal dedicated to poetry and essays
London, England
Joined August 2020
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Yaba Left Review retweeted
For @YLReview, I take a look at King Sunny Ade’s understanding and use of spirituality in his music. KSA, perhaps more than anyone in Nigerian music history, exemplifies the famed syncretism of the Yoruba people, which in turn largely defines their music. At 80 years old today, Sunny Ade’s layered spiritual imagination is fascinating because it has yielded no less than six decades of public life, more than a hundred albums, ten thousand live performances, and one of the most complex bodies of thought in African music.
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Yaba Left Review retweeted
"...Just past the tunnel, the vegetation opened up and scrolled wide, as though by a stage curtain’s pulley system. Still at breakneck speed, the car slammed into a big pothole suddenly and the engine stalled." Tunnel Vision by @molarawood yabaleftreview.com/tunnel-vi…
Yaba Left Review retweeted
“Many of Farah’s regular contacts, friends and family in Nigeria, peppered conversations with Jesus too, outsourcing to God that which a working system ought to have obliterated from the citizen’s daily concerns.” ||
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Yaba Left Review retweeted
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸, 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘸𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳.
⬇️ Link below.
Yaba Left Review retweeted
Wonderful to be published in @YLReview - immense thanks to the editors, @JollyPaps1 & Tunji Olalere.
Read "Tunnel Vision" here:
yabaleftreview.com/tunnel-vi…
#ImWriting ✍🏽
Yaba Left Review retweeted
Deeds is currently hiring writers, apply through the link below:
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Yaba Left Review retweeted
To close the year and The Brevity of Beautiful Things’ saga, I have published two additional stories with @YLReview & @IseleMagazine
The Hope of Floating has Carried Us Thus Far - iselemagazine.com/2025/12/30…
Motherhood is Discipleship - yabaleftreview.com/motherhoo…
Happy New Year 🥂
Yaba Left Review retweeted
This nonfiction piece tells the story of the crisis in Jos and how bodies end from some of these crises end ip as cadavers for medical students.
Yaba Left Review retweeted
"But I tell you,
in my alone-ness,
I am the offspring
of all the little lights.
I am the flowing river’s
unshakeable escort."
Yaba Left Review retweeted
Absolutely delighted to share my short story Boloom Road.🤭🤍
So much gratitude to @Adeola_opeyemi
for selecting this one for the debut issue of @YLReview.
You should read the full issue. It's packed with beauty.
😇🤍
yabaleftreview.com/boloom-ro…
Yaba Left Review retweeted
The Mad Professor – Nicholas Rono yabaleftreview.com/the-mad-p…
Yaba Left Review retweeted
Read my poems 'Roots' & 'Purple is the color of loss' on @YLReview
💫💥
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Yaba Left Review retweeted
I'm indeed honoured and grateful to @SocratesMbamalu for having found a home for this essay in @YLReview sharing space with some really powerful voices. The whole edition is a literary feast, and you should treat yourself.
Anyways, here's me:
yabaleftreview.com/long-live…
& we are live with Issue 1 🖼️ : #SorSen design: @pamilerinjacob edited by @Adeola_opeyemi @SocratesMbamalu #OJerry read #poems #fiction #essays yabaleftreview.com/issue-1/
Yaba Left Review retweeted
Remedy – Olasubomi Cole yabaleftreview.com/remedy-ol…