House No. 49
Before the posters arrived, word had reached us about a new football academy coming to town. Celestine’s father brought the…
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
Fadi
It’s 5pm. The white car pulls out of the yard onto the road. Baba sits beside Fadi in the back…
The Goat
I The day after her baby boy was stolen from the maternity ward, Achan was featured on the evening news.…
Mirror
Plastic Everywhere
Mo Aferika
Arboretum
No one knows why people started to turn into trees, but everyone remembers the first. It was a baby in…
Falling from a Knife Tree
Seven. Ma and Aunt Katlyn cram our lives into fifty-six medium-sized boxes, and we uproot to a town with manicured…
Punching Lines
I don’t smoke cigars. Everyone thinks I do, but I don’t. I just let them dangle between my lips and…
PRICE TAGS
I remember a Diba. He was young, mellow, with a head too small for its voluminous hair. He had an…
Mama Blue
She opened her hand delicately, like a flower. There was nothing inside. ‘Do you know how to hide an idea?’…
We bury our sickness and pray
I stand before the mirror naked, and I suck in my tummy. The top part of my belly, just below…
Swimming versus drowning
In the womb
Faint purple liquid advanced along the tube towards his mother’s flesh. Her left hand lay stretched out, palm facing upwards,…
EDITORIAL ISSUE 2 – THE SAVAGE BEAUTY OF WORDS
For as long as I can remember, the written word has allowed me to rest, dream, imagine and forget about…
A Hole in the Shirt
The first time I passed out, the doctor could not believe that it was the church. He said people go…