The Invisible Language
Translated from Portuguese to English by David Brookshaw
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
O invisível idioma
O curandeiro Mário Mabasso desinfeta as mãos com gel de álcool antes de bater à porta do Ministério da Saúde.…
shaved head poem
living in testing times. most testing times in one hundred years. pandemic sweeping through our world will wipe clean pages…
Before the forest was widowed
Before the forest was widowed, And postcards allayed the death of the Javan tiger, In the beginning were rhymes of…
Little Black Bodies
At nightfall, I mould scraps of experiments into paper mash puddings and swallow two balls for dinner. Two is a…
THE BLACK MAN’S BURDEN
- Not for Rudyard Kipling
The Blessing of Kali
‘The Blessing of Kali’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
How to Marry an African President
‘How to Marry an African President’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. When you are interviewed for…
lalang twist
my tongue mutters a p at p at wa a poetry of brevity in acoustic effect it rolls clinks spits…
The Bride
‘The Bride’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
Dancing with Ma
‘Dancing with Ma’ was shortlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
Juju
‘Juju’ was shortlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Read more about the Prize here.
For Sale
Tears to Fool a God
Protest In Colombo
‘Only men?’ she speaks into the mass gathered at Satan’s gate to protest hell’s conditions. ‘Where are the women?’ …
Trace
kila lenye mwanzo lina mwisho what has a beginning has its ending – Siti binti Saad The photograph is tiny,…
Excellent Baddie Territory
In the beginning, some time before 1886, there was only veld – rolling, somewhat rocky hills of grassland. And while…