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Sam Okafor

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Poet and bookseller. I write about diaspora, memory, and the Atlantic. Short things, mostly. Lagos, and sometimes Brooklyn.

Joined Mar 2026
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Sam Okafor · 1 min read · Apr 5, 2026

What the Sea Keeps

A poem about the Atlantic, about the things the diaspora left on one side of it and the things they found on the other.

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Sam Okafor · 1 min read · Mar 31, 2026

Lagos, Unannounced

A fragment about coming home after four years away — how the city recognised me, and how I pretended not to recognise it back.

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Sam Okafor · 1 min read · Mar 26, 2026

The Aunties

A prose poem about the three aunties on my mother's side — the ones who raised us collectively, and the specific smells each of their kitchens had.

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Sam Okafor · 1 min read · Mar 22, 2026

First Light

A short poem about the hour before the city wakes — the quietest time I know in Lagos.

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