Shedrack Opeyemi Akanbi
Shedrack Opeyemi Akanbi (he/him) is a writer and dreamer from Nigeria. He holds a history and international studies BA from the University of Ilorin. A 2022 resident at the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD), he was a finalist for the 2023 Kendeka Prize for African Literature. His writings appear in Chestnut Review, Roadrunner Review, Popula, Olongo Africa, and others.
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The Lance Corporal’s Door
One breezy evening in December of last year, we—wives and mothers of Block 072—were in an unspoken agreement to keep watch of the Lance Corporal’s door. It was our duty. To know. We had no need for secret cameras and small-small recorders like the ones we see in Oyinbo films. But nothing happens in this […]