Zenas Ubere

Zenas Ubere is a Nigerian writer and editor. His essays appear in ArtReview, Brick, Gordon Square Review, The Forge Literary, among others. An alumnus of the SBMEN & Goethe Institut Art Writing and Criticism Workshop, he was selected for the 2024 Tender Photos editorial fellowship and the 2025 Tender Visions commissioning project for writers and photographers. His work has received support from Africa No Filter, Angels and Muse, and the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD).

He is curled on the floor with his back facing the viewer. On the sheet-metal garage door before him, ‘no parking’ is written in caps. A few feet away from his head is a cage-like […]