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Africa this week – September 9, 2019: xenophobic violence in South Africa

Robert Mugabe’s death and xenophobia in South Africa are two of the stories making the news in Africa this week

PoliticsEditorSeptember 9, 2019Comment

We Must Return to Our Throne

But our blessing is turning a curse

The mighty warriors no longer want to fight

The farmer forgets to reverence his hoe

The cutlass that paved his path

Is now concealed beneath his lush soil

PoetryDavid OlatubosunSeptember 8, 2019Comment

Smoked Dreams of Sofia Town

Poem by Tralone Lindiwe Khoza

We have touched the reflections of Sofia Town in our dreams

Felt the pulse and the afflictions of our people

Kept to the red roofed, haunted houses and sassy Shebeen queens.

PoetryTralone Lindiwe KhozaSeptember 6, 2019Comment

“Nigerians are bringing crime to our country” – Debunking the lie used to rationalise xenophobia

They should also, whilst they are at it, do some soul searching. They should reflect on the value of human life. They should imbibe the spirit of pan-Africanism and embrace the principles of human rights.

PoliticsAllwell UwazuruikeSeptember 5, 2019Allwell Uwazuruike, Xenophobia, Nigeria, South Africa Comment

Cornrows

Because to have made it is to be able to afford a wig or a weave. It is not to look after your hair properly or to still have your cornrows.

EssaySugar PendragonSeptember 3, 2019 Comment

Where is our traditional attire?

Poetry by Kehinde Precious Olaseni

Let us call the heart of our attire from her whimpering ground

And say no more to our fathers that their days were dark

PoetryKehinde Precious OlaseniAugust 30, 2019 Comments

The naive and sentimental novelist

A lonely and mentally ill girl finds solace in writing and tries to make sense of her world.

FictionAbigail GeorgeAugust 29, 2019Fiction, short story, Abigail GeorgeComment

Africa this week – August 26, 2019: Kenya exports its first crude oil

In Africa’s top stories this week, Kenya makes huge economic leap as it exports its first batch of crude oil and Uganda signs peace pact with Rwanda

PoliticsEditorAugust 26, 2019Comment

Forgotten in the fields

PoetrySello HumaAugust 19, 2019Comment

Africa this week - August 19, 2019

Summary of top news around Africa

PoliticsEditorAugust 19, 2019

'No' is such a controversial word

‘No.’/ Is such a controversial word. Poetry by Nigerian poet Obehi Aigiomawu (Vessel).

PoetryObehi Aigiomawu (Vessel)August 13, 2019 Comments

First winter

That Christmas, as we began our British lives, my parents bought a Christmas tree. It made up, somehow, for the snow which did not come.

EssaySugar PendragonAugust 8, 2019Comment

On the fifth day

I suspected she had wished that I stay out of this heat as much as she wished I had never learnt of it.

FictionMoses AbukutsaAugust 2, 2019Fiction Comments

A Letter from the dead

Poetry by Sello Huma. We must return to our own literature / To tell the future generation our own stories

PoetrySello HumaJuly 28, 2019Poetry, Sello Huma Comment

Her name lingers

A poem on longing, regret and love

PoetryYewande AdebowaleJuly 25, 2019PoetryComment

Double-faced

You bring me flowersWild with thorns like your love

PoetryGloria IkekhideMay 1, 2019Love Comment

Why do football fans in Nigeria prefer European clubs to national clubs?

It is not uncommon to see young boys who call themselves Fabregas or Messi or Ronaldo.

EssayJohn OnweApril 24, 2019Fandom, Football, Nigeria, Nigeria FootballComment

Cooking is not supposed to be gender-based

A woman is viewed as incomplete if she does not know how to cook. When a lady says she doesn't know how to cook or she hates cooking, she is automatically judged.

EssayAyomide OluseyeApril 17, 2019Cooking, Feminism, GenderComment