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Chima Ikoro

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The Exchange: Street Cleaners and Nurses

by Chima Ikoro and Andrew Ntamere March 26, 2026March 25, 2026

The Exchange is the Weekly’s poetry corner, where a poem or piece of writing is presented with a prompt. Readers are welcome to respond to the prompt with original poems, and pieces may be featured in the next issue of the Weekly. Every Third Tuesday (?) by Chima “Naira” Ikoro “Street Cleaning” is a myth. […]

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A Much Needed Moment of Pause at Third Thursday’s Open Mic

by Chima Ikoro and Andrew Ntamere February 26, 2026February 26, 2026
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The Exchange: Big Homie

by Chima Ikoro February 13, 2026March 16, 2026
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The Exchange: Roach

by Chima Ikoro February 4, 2026February 4, 2026
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‘You Just Had to Be There’

by Chima Ikoro January 15, 2026January 14, 2026
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Best Music Legacy Built on Collaboration (In Memoriam): Harold Matthews Jr.

by Chima Ikoro September 26, 2025September 26, 2025
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The Exchange: sTREEtS

by Chima Ikoro May 23, 2025May 23, 2025
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What’s It Like to Raise Teens in 2025?

by Chima Ikoro May 18, 2025May 29, 2025
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The Exchange: can a broken piano still be played, or is this song over?

by Chima Ikoro April 24, 2025April 23, 2025
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The Exchange: Deficit and Psalms 23

by Chima Ikoro and harlem west March 13, 2025March 13, 2025

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