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People
By Taribo Osuobeni From the day that I was born my color put me at a disadvantage. Like my hands were tied around my back, pulling and tugging and bugging about why from birth I started at the bottom...
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African Poetry Anthology
By Kristin Wilson Recently, a number of us have begun assembling works, notably poetry, written in African languages on a blog titled “The African Poetry Anthology”. In one sense this endeavour is...
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Cultural Innovation through the Telling of Stories and Fables
By Ayo Morakinyo, Nigeria Growing up was fun for me because I loved listening to stories and often learnt vital lessons from them. I remember the interesting fables of ijapa (the tortoise), that...
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Trying the African [Short Story]
By Mungai Munene from Kenya Chapter One: The Awakening “When heaven screams and calls your name, scream back, lest the deity leaves you behind.” “They lynched the man,” Cherry said as she stared me in...
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Statesman
By Dirichi D Ike-njoku from Nigeria Statesman, I salute you. I salute you. I salute you neither for any excellence on your part, nor for any of your achievements; inconsequential and otherwise...
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V. For Virtuoso
By Panashe Chigumadzi from Zimbabwe and South Africa Doors open @18h00. Vuyo clutches the pamphlet. Quarter-to-six. Her choirmaster had always taught her to respect time. Her walk turns into a run. She...
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Eko Akete
By Oluwamiseun Olufemi-white from Nigeria We had two tasks to accomplish: buy yards of Ankara and find a tailor. “Madame na Balogun market you go fit find fine fine Ankara and tailor wey go sew am...
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The Story of Africa
Mungai Munene from Kenya The story of Africa takes place along a street in my hometown of Nakuru Kenya. This is a place where each one of us would find themselves, from the lady lying on the unquiet...
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Bounty-Hunter
By Rebecca Njeri; Kenya I became a bounty-hunter when I was thirty-three years old. The first time a woman approached me with a bounty on her man, I was shell-shocked. I couldn’t wrap my mind around...
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The New Term
By Fesifayo Anjorin from Nigeria. A man dressed in a white short sleeved shirt, a red tie, and black trousers drew curious glances from the pupils of State Government College, Bangoma. Some of the...
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