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The Sunday Gospel

I wonder if I could pray for it, but would God honour a prayer of death?

PoetryClair NwaonuApril 15, 2023Narrative Poem, poem, Clair Nwaonu Comment

In conversation with Ani Kayode Somtochukwu, 2023 Afritondo Prize shortlist

Ani Kayode Somtochukwu on his writing

Interview, Video, PodcastEditorApril 6, 2023Afritondo, Afritondo Short Story Prize, Afritondo ShortlistComment

Alex Kadiri: You don't need anybody's validation or permission. If you really want it, go for it.

A conversation with Alex Kadiri, 2023 Afritondo Short Story Prize shortlist

Video, Podcast, InterviewEditorApril 6, 2023Afritondo, Afritondo Short Story Prize, Afritondo Shortlist, AfricaComment

"If you have something to say, then say it and find a way to get your voice heard" – In conversation with Ayo Awoyungbo, 2023 Afritondo Prize shortlist

In this interview, Ayo Awoyungbo talks about writing, his writing process and getting shortlisted for the 2023 Afritondo Short Story Prize

Video, PodcastEditorApril 3, 2023Africa, Writing, Afritondo, Afritondo Short Story Prize

"To create something from nothing" – A conversation with Jenny Robson, 2023 Afritondo Shortlist

Jenny Robson was shortlisted for the 2023 Afritondo Short Story Prize. In this interview, she talks about writing and her short story, The Sister-in-law.

EssayEditorApril 1, 2023Afritondo, Afritondo Shortlist, Afritondo Short Story Prize, AfricaComment

"The titles of my stories come first"– In conversation with Enit'ayanfe Ayosojumi Akinsanya, 2023 Afritondo Prize shortlist

Enit’Ayanfe Ayosojumi Akinsanya, shortlisted for the 2023 Afritondo Short Story Prize, talks about writing his story story, The Anatomy Of Flying Things

Video, Podcast, InterviewEditorMarch 25, 2023Africa, Afritondo, Afritondo Shortlist, Afritondo Short Story PrizeComment

Cracked

I was a simple child then. Intelligent, but simple. I knew I wasn’t like most boys my age. I didn’t like football, nor did I enjoy fighting. I was called a girl so much I’m surprised it didn’t become a nickname.

LivesPlangdi Noel Neple March 25, 2023Gay, Nigeria Comments

A Good Cop

Alabi’s face began to take on a malevolent contour, but then he got a grip on himself. The poor boy was not responsible for his problems.

FictionHenry Chukwuemeka OnyemaMarch 18, 2023short story, Henry Chukwuemeka OnyemaComment

Words Like Butter

I want them/to break and contort, come alive with a/fire that cannot be quenched

PoetryYanjanani L. BandaMarch 15, 2023poemComment

Afritondo Short Story Prize Shortlist 2023

The shortlist for the 2023 Afritondo Short Story Prize

EssayEditorMarch 11, 2023Afritondo Short Story PrizeComment

International Women's Day: A look of some of our favourite women writers

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, we appreciate some of the amazing women we have worked with in the last few years. At Afritondo, we champion the works of African women and will continue to do so.

EssayEditorMarch 8, 2023Women, AfritondoComment

Harmattan

I think of her eyes, wet, as they bade me goodbye from the neighbourhood we shared for a year. A proximity that had made my night visits possible, spontaneous.

FictionObinna EmekaMarch 8, 2023short story, Flash Fiction Comments

Homecoming

We let silence speak the words our mouth cannot; we let it tell the tales of her pleas and my forgiveness. Mayme might have been my citizenship insurance at first, but now, she is my wife, the woman I love.

FictionPromise UdechukwuFebruary 22, 2023short story, Africa short story, Nigeria Comments

Good Help is Hard to Find

Winner of the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2020.

FictionJarred ThompsonJanuary 28, 2023short story, Afritondo Short Story Prize, Jarred ThompsonComment

Home: Delicate & Dangerous

every eye holds a picture of the / sea angrily beating its shore

PoetryAzaiouris ZeonJanuary 16, 2023poem Comments

I felt what it was like to fly

I was surprising even myself with all this wisdom. I guess beauty has a way of bringing out the best things in us.

LivesDaniel JoeJanuary 14, 2023Lagos Comment

I Will be Home Next Christmas

A few months back, it would have been a death sentence just to walk these roads—gun or no gun. The war seemed to be truly at its end, and I was on the right side of that end.

FictionWale MarianoDecember 26, 2022Christmas, short story, Wale Mariano Comments

On Christmas Morn

You had gone to pick up the ornaments and decorations for your photographs and the two beautiful matching pyjamas you had ordered for yourself and him.

FictionUfuoma BakporheDecember 25, 2022Christmas, Ufuoma Bakporhe, short story Comments