BOYS ARE NOT STONES III AUTHOR LIST 2021

Today, the 3rd day of April 2021, BANSI III is officially launch with the title ANATOMY OF BOYS, MEN AND OTHERS. It is the third in the series BOYS ARE NOT STONES anthologies of stories, poems, essays and dramas on the plight of the boy child who are under the weight of societal expectation to be strong. Just strong, never permitted to show weakness. This assumed strength of the boy child and men folk becomes their undoing as the become beasts, scums and flawed gods. If strength has made them so, maybe they should tell the world that they are not stones. That they have been weakened by burdens.

The maiden edition, which was launched in 2018, was greeted with much controversy. Many mocked the initiative, but the organisers of BANSI were not deterred. The initiative is dedicated to lending loud voices to the silent groaning of the boy child.

According to one of the editors, Jaachi Anyatonwu “In all honesty, I dropped tears reading the submitted stories. True life stories that wouldn’t have been told, hadn’t we given the male folk a platform to vent, and tell, and rant.”

This was concerning the second edition titled A COUNTRY OF BROKEN BOYS, where the common theme echoed brokenness of boys and men all over the place.

Also Read: Forward For Anatomy Of Boys, Men And Others, By Jide Badmus

In the latest edition, BANSI extended a hand of friendship to people of non-binary genders. They’ve got stories. Stories that should be told and heard without fear or stigma. Here’s a long list of featured authors.

BANSI III AUTHOR LIST 2021:

1. John Chizoba Vincent
   ~ BECAUSE I AM JOHN CHIZOBA VINCENT
2. Semilore Kilaso
   ~ WRONG SIGNALS
3. Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan
   ~ BURNING OCEAN
4. Jaachi Anyatonwu
   ~ FOR BOYS WHO KNOW THEY ARE
   ~ FOR BOYS WHO RETURNED HOME AS BREAKING NEWS
5. Shitta Faruq Adémólá
   ~ THESE BOYS YOU CALL STONES ARE NOT (A LESSON FOR ALL)
6. Martins Deep
   ~ DEATH WAS HERE
   (To the victims of the southern Kaduna crisis)
7. Ifeanyi John Nwokeabia
   ~ I’LL DIE FOR YOU
8. Praise Osawaru
   ~ THE CONFIGURATION OF STAYING AFLOAT
9. Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-Enwemuche
   ~ FOR THE BOY CHILD WHO WEARS A RAINBOW FULL OF STORIES
   ~ FOR BOYS WHO BEG FOR AN OUNCE OF SMILE
10. Adeyemo Abiodun
    ~ THE WAR WAS MEANT FOR YOU
11. Adeoti Quadri Adekunle
    ~ BECAUSE WE ARE BOYS
12. Stephen Toochi
    ~ WHEN EVIL BECOMES TRADITION
13. Umar Yogiza Jr.
    ~ HE IS JUST A BOY
14. Ifunanya Juliet Ottih
    ~ BOYS DON’T CRY
15. Nket-Awaj Alpheaus
    ~ BY BEING HUMAN
16. Iwu Jeff
    ~ THE PLATE BOY
17. Testimony Jesutofunmi
    ~ FOR BOYS
18. Solomon Oladipupo
    ~ OF BOYS & MEN DREAMING OF NAMES
19. Adedamola Jones Adedayo
    ~ CATHARSIS
20. Nwabuisi Kenneth
    ~ A SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER
21. Adeniran Joseph
    ~ A BOY IS A COUNTRY
22. Taofeek Ayeyemi (Aswagaawy)
    ~ A LION NEED NOT DIE ON THE ARMS OF SAMSON
23. Finum Isaac
    ~ THE BOY
24. Ololade Edun
    ~ BUTTERFLY BOYS
25. Tomisin Olusola Martins
    ~ BUSY BODIES
26. Enobong Etuk
    ~ ON SUCH DAYS
    ~ WHITE LIE
27. Ebubechukwu Bruno Nwagbo
    ~ GIRLS’ STUFF AND MEN’S THINGS
    ~THE OTHER SIDE OF A PAMPERED TALE
28. Kalu Amah
    ~ WE HAVE BEEN BOYS
29. Salim Yunusa
    ~ SHAME ON HER
30. Okam Cheta
    ~ MAN
    ~ HOW TO CREATE A BOY
31. Dann Nwankwo
    ~ GIRLS {GET} TOGETHER IS NOT A BOY’S PARTY
32. Toheeb Aderemi Raji
    ~ JEZEBELS
33. Julius Tunde Ige
    ~ NIGHTS THAT DROWN THE SOUL
34. Emeka Angus
    ~ MAN’S PLIGHT
35. Omowunmi Sulaimon
    ~ TO THE BOYS WE PUT IN CAGES
36. Ajibade Abdullahi Adewale
    ~ CHANGING THE NARRATIVE; THE SILENCE OF THE BOY CHILD
    ~ FOR BOYS WHO TURNED TO ASHES
37. Felix Idasimeokuma
    ~ BOYS ARE NOT STONES
38. Esther Kalu
    ~ MASCULINITY
39. Ifiokobong Etuk
    ~ FROM BOY TO MAN: THE MAKING
40. Ifem Chiemerie
    ~ BOYS ARE NOT STONES
41. Ayouba Toure
    ~ WE ARE BODIES IN READINESS TO CHEW BOMBS
    (after Biachi Ndidi anointing)
42. Peace Ufedojo Haruna
    ~ SHARDS
43. Emmanuel Ojeikhodion
    ~ WHEN BROKENNESS CLAIMS A BOY
44. Favour Ohakwe
    ~ THE WISH FOR FEWER DAYS
45. Kwaghkule Aondonengen Jacob
    ~ WE BURY SADNESS IN OUR SMILES
46. John Ngbede Festus
    ~ DEAD INSIDE
47. Olugbuyiro Success
    ~FOR THE BOY CHILD: I AM BECAUSE YOU ARE
48. Ariyo Ahmad
    ~THE PRAYER OF A POOR BOY
49. Enyi Christiana Chijioke
    ~ EMPOWER THE BOY CHILD
50. Blessings Mphako
    ~ SUNRISE CAME LATE
51. David Victor
    ~ DEAD MEN / HOW TO LIVE
52. Oluwafisayo Akinfolami
    ~ POEM IN WHICH YOU ARE
53. Divine Uchechukwu
    ~ THE BOY CRIES
54. Adewara Joses
    ~ ECHOES
55. Chimezie Nebolisa
    ~ TIMS
56. Sa’id Sa’ad
    ~ HOW TO BREATHE LIKE A BOY IN A COFFIN
57. Sodiq Oyekanmi
    ~ BOYS WHO BURN FROM INSIDE
58. Temidayo Jacob
    ~SELF-PORTRAIT OF A BOY WITH TINY JOYSTICK
59. Wellington Nwogu
    ~ I AM THAT WRETCHED SON
60. Temitope Johnson Toyin
    ~ A REVIEW OF LAGBAJA BY PERUZZI AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE ON FALSE ACCUSATION AGAINST MEN
61. Sulola Imran Abiola
    ~ FOR BOYS WHOSE EYES ARE OCEAN’S BANK
62. Ajao Ibrahim Bello
    ~ A GOD FROM THE MIDDLE WORLD
63. Nwankwo Prosper O.
    ~ MONSTARNATION
64. Christian Odinaka N.
    ~ HOW TO NAME A BOY
65. Gabriel Dkings
    ~ BOYS ARE NOT STONES
66. Emecheta Christian
    ~ BECOMING MEN
67. Joxzy Otor
    ~ YOU’RE HUMAN
68. Eyo Inyangette
    ~ THE PORTRAIT BOY DARES TO DANCE
69. Olude S. Peter
    ~ BOYS ARE CHAMELEONS OF UNPLEASANT THINGS

Anatomy Of Boys, Men and Others is available for download on Poemify Bookstore. Click here to get a free copy. Also available on Afam Writes