Abduljalal Musa Aliyu is a school teacher and poet. He writes from Zaria, Nigeria. He is the author of Encyclopedia of Dolour (Chestnut Review, 2024). His work appears in Chestnut Review, Vast Chasm Magazine, Brittle Paper, Ninshar Arts, 3 of Cups anthology and elsewhere. He was a co-winner of the Sevhage-Agema Founder’s Prize for Poetry, the third prize winner of the inaugural Writing Ukraine Prize and PIN’s 2020 Poetically Written Prose contest. He rants on Twitter @AbduljalaalMusa