‘Onono’s Affliction’ tells the story of a girl who is accused of witchcraft and her father’s efforts to save her.
The story is important because it serves as a lens into how society interprets things it doesn’t understand and how we love the people we love, regardless of what people think they have done or how bad they actually are. And how this love is even profound when family is involved, and the lengths we go to preserve that love.
Publishing my story in the maiden issue of Naira Stories is really an achievement for me. I’m always on the lookout for credible avenues to share my work, and when I saw the magazine’s call for submissions, I didn’t hesitate.
I’m so glad that my story was selected for the magazine’s inaugural issue in the end.
Hussani Abdulrahim has a degree in Pure Chemistry from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. He was shortlisted for the 2024 ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award and the 2024 BWR Summer Fiction Contest. He won the 2023 Writivism Short Story Prize, Ibua Journal’s 2023 Bold Call, the 2022 Toyin Falola Prize, and WRR’s 2016 Green Author Prize. He has also been longlisted for the Commonwealth and Afritondo Short Story Prizes. His work has appeared in Boston Review, Wilted Pages, Brittle Paper, Evergreen Review, Solarpunk, and Ibua Journal. Hussani lives in Kano, Nigeria, with his wife and son.
