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In Defence of Silence: A Portable Paradise
Dearest immigrant, did you leave home or home spat you out?
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Adeola Opeyemi
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Beyond the Essay - Ope Adedeji
A Conversation between Ope Adedeji and Tolu Daniel.
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tòlú Daniel
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Ope
A Room, a Home, a Country of One’s Own
by Ope Adedeji
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Ope
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A Room, a Home, a Country of One’s Own
 • Ope
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Held Just Enough
 • Okwudili Nebeolisa
Beyond the Essay - Ope Adedeji
 • tòlú Daniel and Ope
*Insert Immigrant’s Name Here* is Dead
 • Ọláolúwa
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Beyond the Essay - Adeola Opeyemi
 • tòlú Daniel and Adeola Opeyemi
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Notes on Belonging and not belonging.
Beyond the Essay with Monmita Chakrabarti
Monmita Chakrabarti is a writer from Columbus, OH by way of Bengal. Their work can be found in The Audacity, Joyland Magazine, Bending Genres, and…
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tòlú Daniel
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Monmita Chakrabarti
Notes on Myopia
On Saturday afternoon, I realized I did not know my Dadu’s name, the one on Baba’s side. I knew my Amma’s name, Maya, but drew a blank for Dadu, so I…
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Monmita Chakrabarti
Beyond the Essay with Laura Jiménez Morales
Laura Veronica Jiménez Morales was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. She is a fourth-generation immigrant and writes about her experiences on both…
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tòlú Daniel
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Laura Jimenez
Hair
At six, my hair was black and straight, just like my father’s. In the few pictures we have together, we look like mirror images: Dad and his mini-me…
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Laura Jimenez
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Beyond the Essay with Ọláolúwa Òní
Ọláolúwa is a PhD candidate researching the intersections between law and popular culture. Her debut novel, The yNBA, is sold in bookstores across…
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tòlú Daniel
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Ọláolúwa
*Insert Immigrant’s Name Here* is Dead
A New Life One night this summer, at Young Centre in downtown Toronto, I watched a Soulpepper Theatre production of the 1972 play, Sizwe Bansi is Dead…
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Ọláolúwa
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