The two creative media, music and poetry, may be wrongly perceived as dissimilar. However, popular examples, including the collaboration between Beyoncé and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Flawless and Titilope Sonuga’s body of work, show that there is a unique value that lies in the convergence of these media. Often, the best songs hold value outside...

There is a silence that lingers in the homes of those left behind. A silence heavy with grief, unspoken fears, and the unrelenting hope that one day, a missing loved one will walk through the door again. For many families in Benin City, this silence is beyond metaphorical, it is a haunting, an absence that...