When I travelled to Africa as an adult, I saw how deep the miseducation went. There were myths to bust. Like Africa being a monolithic country where it’s eternally hot and people are scantily clad.
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I angrily dropped the call the last time I called Uncle Emeka to enquire about my reserved job position and he told me to send him my CV. Again!
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A diminutive man with a slight paunch, he was too light to be black but too dark to be white.
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Dark. Too dark and different. In the night I might disappear completely and never return.
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Have you ever imagined why butterflies are decorated with thousands ellipsis?
and why they never cease kissing and flirting with flowers?
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They are like giant metallic mosquitoes, close enough to frustrate and just far enough to avoid swatting.
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Poetry by Sierra Leonean writer Lucy Emmanette Alieu
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In this essay, Tahiru Lukman reflects on Ghana’s response to COVID-19.
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Short story on love, freedom, family, and marriage.
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As the need for social distancing, self-isolation and quarantining increases, the small businesses that power our communities will need to brace for impact.
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They had become inseparable after that day and spent long hours chatting on the phone like old friends.
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Jarred Thompson is named winner of the inaugural Afritondo Short Story Prize
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Only three days to go!
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Some of the latest stories from across Africa
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Short fiction by Abigail George
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The shortlist is here
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Fiction by Damilola Omotoyinbo
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Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder, and Tyson Fury all have one thing in common—a Nigerian connection.
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Poem by Abby Odiase
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Creative non-fiction on the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon.
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