Suitcase
by Rasaq Malik Gbolahan
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Rasaq Malik Gbolahan is a Nigerian poet, performer, translator, editor, and essayist. He is the winner of the 2024 Anhinga Prize for Poetry for his manuscript, "The Origin of Wounds" (December, 2025) selected by Kaveh Bassiri. A founding editor-in-chief of Agbowó, he is a cofounder of Àtẹ́lẹwọ́, a digital literary journal devoted to publishing literary work written in the Yorùbá language. He co-edited "African Urban Echoes" (Griots Lounge, 2025) and "Àtẹ́lẹwọ́ Pélébé" (2018).