Zimba
story by Rahma O. Jimoh
art by Wuraola Ogunmowo
In an era of blockchain technology and advanced robotics, the Eyo Festival is set to hold in Lagos, and the festival’s theme borders on the convergence of magic and technology. An innovative bot app, a genius product in the line of human invention and the best of both worlds, quickly becomes man’s best friend until it all goes wrong.
About Rahma
Rahma O. Jimoh is a winner of the Poetry Translation, Lagos-London competition 2022 and a runner-up in the Abubakar Gimba short story prize ‘21. She is a participant in the Undertow Writing workshop and has been published or has works forthcoming in Salt Hill Journal, Isele Magazine, Parentheses Art, Ake Review, Tinderbox Poetry, Olongo Africa, Lucent Dreaming, Agbowo, Tab Journal, Brittle Paper, Kalahari Review & others. She is a lover of sunsets and monuments. She edits poetry at Olumo Review and is a prose reader at Chestnut Review.
Pronouns: She/Her
Twitter: @dynamicrahma
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