My experience with displacement, work in IDP communities taught me leadership isn’t about grand speeches, but trust, consistency —Simisola Ajayi, changemaker, UNHCR young champion for refugees
Simisola Ajayi is an International Relations undergraduate student at Anchor University. She is the director for advocacy at Art in Heart Gallery, a campus ambassador of Cowrywise, and a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Young Champion for Refugees. She is passionate about leadership, social change, and wants to be remembered as a changemaker, […]
Fanaticism, fracture, and flight in Chukwuemeka Famous’ ‘We Will Live Again’: A review
Chukwuemeka Famous’ ‘We Will Live Again’ is the author’s debut novel. He is a writer who carves memory into language. His novel is intricately woven around the dangers of religious fanaticism, the devastation of war, and the fragile search for redemption. Chukwuemeka uses his narrative to probe the psychological ruins of war, which shows how […]
Islamic Fiction in Nigeria: Between Soyayya, Tarbiyya, and new literary shelf
In the bustling Kurmi Market of Kano, beneath colourful umbrellas shielding books from the Harmattan sun, Hauwa fingers through a stack of paperbacks. The covers promise romance and drama: Budurwar Zuciya, Alhaki Kuykuyo Ne, Wa Zai Auri Jahila? These are soyayya novels — love stories that navigate the delicate balance between entertainment and Islamic values. […]