Arewa Girls
We were girls once. The girls you once saw hawking on the streets of Arewa—selling awara, wainan rogo, dan wake…
Africa
Contributors
- Aba Amissah Asibon
- Buke Abduba
- Hussani Abdulrahim
- Dalle Abraham
- Som Adedayor
- Boluwatife Afolabi
- Azags Agandaa
- Caleb Ajinomoh
- Akpa Arinzechukwu
- Alboricah Tokologo Rathupetsane
- Najwa Ali
- Abduljalal Musa Aliyu
- Peter-Adrian Altini
- Olákìtán T. Aládéṣuyì
- Isaac Otidi Amuke
- Harriet Anena
- Ber Anena
- Vincent Anioke
- Erica Sugo Anyadike
- H. B. Asari
- Lillian Akampurira Aujo
- Carey Baraka
- Tahnia Barrie
- Jayne Bauling
- Michael Boyd
- Fui Can-Tamakloe
- Joe-Ann Chavry
- Christine Coates
- Mia Couto
- Ananda Devi
- Gitan Djeli
- Dorechi
- Edwige Renée Dro
- Chike Frankie Edozien
- Akwaeke Emezi
- Kelesitse Eternity
- Kevin Eze
- Stephen M. Finn
- Priscilla Ametorpe Goka
- Tania Haberland
- Helon Habila
- Mbozi Haimbe
- Wendy Hara
- Simone Haysom
- Ifeanyichukwu Peter Eze
- Sarah Ijangolet
- Innocent Chizaram Ilo
- Dawn Immanuel
- Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu
- Vashish Jaunky
- Chiagoziem Jideofor
- Mubanga Kalimamukwento
- ML Kejera
- Priscilla Keshiro
- Fred Khumalo
- Gloria Kiconco
- Neema Komba
- Beatrice Lamwaka
- Alistair Mackay
- Joyline ‘Jo’ Maenzanise
- Faraaz Mahomed
- Tshegofatjo Makhafola
- Nick Makoha
- Socrates Mbamalu
- Josiah Mbote
- Phodiso Modirwa
- Gothataone Moeng
- Mathapelo Mofokeng
- Mammatli Agnes Molefi
- Charlie Muhumuza
- Kabubu Mutua
- Kevin Mwachiro
- Jean Pierre Nikuze
- Kelechi Njoku
- Sihle Ntuli
- Emeka Joseph Nwankwo
- Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
- Adorah Nworah
- Stephanie Chizoba Odili
- Sophia Obianamma Ofuokwu
- Chisom Okafor
- Kunle Okesipe
- Ben Okri
- Olajide Omojarabi
- Troy Onyango
- Bridget Pitt
- Anita Lakshmi Powell
- Matshediso Radebe
- Moso Sematlane
- Slim Shaka
- Fiona Sussman
- Ojo Taiye
- Efua Traoré
- Iryn Tushabe
- Obi Umeozor
- Franklyn Usouwa
- Alice Wangui
- Athol Williams
- Mark Winkler
- Tryphena Yeboah
- Chela Yego
Stories
The God under the Bed
In an overcrowded family home governed by an unseen god, a young girl comes of age under rigid rules, until…
Not A Match
This piece includes graphic depictions of sexual violence that some readers may find distressing.
The Mothers
This work of fiction includes graphic depictions of sexual violence that some readers may find distressing. When the mothers…
Le soleil n’est pas encore mort
The sun isn’t dead yet
Translated from French to English by Edwige Renée Dro
The Flute Player
Finally, the pain in my back eased. I dropped my pack, sank to the ground and leaned against a tree.…
A Room Full of Teddy Bears
‘Your skin is beautiful — that’s why they look at you. They admire it. They are just too afraid to…
Broken String
Qhunna sat under a makeshift shelter, a torn tent, at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Part of the protest. It…
Memorial and Shape of An Epitaph
Memorial Sacred to the memory of Harry St. George Galt, Acting Sub-Commissioner of the Western province who was murdered…
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Perhaps the thing that makes us powerful is also the thing that makes us invisible. The body, a house…
part of loving this mother is alleging
birthdays are usually private parties where my mother empties her whole heart one of the few occasions she cries …
Vermillion
Nothing to read here: just the truth of a man living in a world desperate to misunderstand him. When I told Hassan …
Adrift at the Immigration Office
you're being unladylike again …
In This Tale
A Song Sung in Secret
Some still wear masks. Neither his mask nor the weight of all the years separating you can hide him from…