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Beautiful People

The position of their body on the bed was an art. How they had made life and death so poetic and meaningful.

FictionKingsley AlumonaDecember 5, 2020Queer, Non-binary, sexuality Comment

The silent hero

And he turned and walked deep into the forest, the protector that would never be seen or known, but eternally present.

FictionPlangdi Noel Neple November 23, 2020fantasy, magic Comments

Amakwerekwere series

Four flash fictions on life as a black foreigner in South Africa.

FictionWillard Tendai MasaraNovember 19, 2020Xenophobia, Harare, South Africa, AmakwerekwereComment

Bittersweet

The sage said it is the bittersweet taste of life/ But we have never tasted the sweet

PoetryDamilola OmotoyinboNovember 14, 2020Death, BittersweetComment

Feminists: Beacons of change and solidarity in the fight against injustice in Nigeria

Examining the roles of feminist women during the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria

EssayAmarachukwu NnoliNovember 7, 2020#EndSARS, Nigeria, FeminismComment

Was Achebe an apologist or a pragmatist?

The decision by “rebellious” African writers like Ngugi wa Thiong'o to divorce themselves completely—in action, word and deed—from all that is Western in orientation sparks a debate as to whether “moderate” writers like the late Chinua Achebe can be categorised as apologists or pragmatists.

EssayThomas ChemelilNovember 5, 2020Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Language Comment

Vision

A poem on Africa by Yewande Adebowale

PoetryYewande AdebowaleNovember 3, 2020AfricaComment

Identity crisis of SARS

Abdulrahman’s satire on #EndSARS paints a history of bad governance in Nigeria.

Essay, PoliticsAbdulrahman M. Abu-YamanOctober 28, 2020#EndSARS, Satire, Nigeria, AfricaComment

First year as a Nigerian missionary in Malawi

But specially, I pray for the people of Malawi especially those of Mtengowathenga parish, whom I cannot wait to see again.

Lives, MigrationJohn AwokeOctober 26, 2020Malawi, COVID-19, Africa Comments

The puzzling slow spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria and the African continent

When I spoke to my colleague in Nigeria, he mentioned an increasing belief that the virus is a problem only among the elites in Nigeria and, possibly, Africa.

EssayFolashade AllohOctober 14, 2020COVID-19, Nigeria, Folashade Alloh Comments

Akua

If we can kill ikwerekwere, we can kill any man, including our brother. In fact, we have killed our brother. Who then is safe?

FictionZamo MbheleSeptember 30, 2020Xenophobia, South Africa Comments

Once my home

Poetry | Yvonne Nezianya | Nigeria

PoetryYvonne NezianyaSeptember 25, 2020Yvonne Nezianya, HomeComment

Jarred Thompson on winning the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2020

Afritondo Short Story Prize 2020: Interview with Jarred Thompson

Interview, VideoAllwell UwazuruikeSeptember 24, 2020Jarred Thompson, Afritondo Short Story PrizeComment

In defence of Ngugi's use of Gikuyu in Catalonia

It is this faithfulness to the African tongue that sets Ngugi apart from his bourgeois peers like Wole Soyinka.

EssayThomas ChemelilSeptember 22, 2020Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Language, Africa, KenyaComment

They are not like us

Everyone is fighting for relevance in a world of irrelevance. We let so many die of hunger and thirst today, so we may fill our bellies with wine and steak tomorrow.

EssayYoung UwazuruikeSeptember 19, 2020Young Uwazuruike Comment

Black curtains

A poem by U.A Edwardson on Africa

PoetryU.A EdwardsonSeptember 17, 2020AfricaComment

A good view

I guess that there were others on this train who have spoken little more than a few words in their lives to people who look like me.

FictionEfua BoaduSeptember 15, 2020Efua Boadu, short story, CubaComment

My father's eyes when his best friend died

A poem by Yvonne Nezianya

PoetryYvonne NezianyaSeptember 9, 2020Yvonne Nezianya, DeathComment

Reflection on Afritondo Short Story Prize: Africa needs to rethink how it views homosexual love

In one story, a woman walks into a river to drown. In another one, a man leaves his partner, goes back to the village to a home that had stopped being home, and becomes mad. It’s all fear and flight.

EssayConfidence UwazuruikeSeptember 7, 2020Homosexuality, Gay, Afritondo Short Story PrizeComment