it was 34 year old Dr. Li Wenliang, an Ophthalmologist, who popularized the fatality of the outbreak when he made a post on Weibo on December 30th
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I’m pleased to say that it felt like home journeying to the birth of this book. Of course home is where the “art” is. This chapbook contains 20 poems scribed from the very core of my heart.
“Dancing With The Tides” sends a message or talks about the need to being in equilibrium with the happenings in the world and not to be too attached to one specifically.
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Abebi
Cries of a baby
Tears of Iya Abebi
Evil some people call life
Isn’t it darkness that brought her to life?
At birth she takes a sweet full
Colostrum it is called
Nigeria, I call Abebi
Iya, I call her forefathers
Abebi did not grow like others
When a father drinks the milk,
of the child
Doesn’t the child’s belly get bigger?
Abebi did not take in
Enough milk while growing,
even though, filled with milk and honey
Abebi is now weaned on garri
it was 34 year old Dr. Li Wenliang, an Ophthalmologist, who popularized the fatality of the outbreak when he made a post on Weibo on December 30th
In a post titled Lean On Me, shared on Facebook and Instagram, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie mourned her aunt who recently passed due to a brain aneurysm. She talked about dealing with loss during this lockdown, the anxiety of having a husband who is a medical doctor, and...
The stunning story revolves around a traveler who arrives at Reggania, a strange city likened to Jerusalem or Mecca, whose citizens are under the scourge of the “Visitation”
We celebrate this gift to us which is her person and the story she tells. Don’t just stand there! Be excited!
CFWriterz is delighted to announce our call for submissions for the Collins Elesiro Literary Prize & June 2020 Magazine. Unlike our previously themed contests, this edition the contest comes without a theme. We still insist on quality writing and would be...
If you are a fiction writer planning to write his/her novel in the near future, then a book blurb is an important part of the writing process you need to understand. One thing is clear, book blurbs are difficult to write but they are very important. A reader can read...
The NLNG Prize for Literature is now open for submissions. The prize, being the richest on the continent, is awarded to a published book, alternating yearly among poetry, prose fiction, drama, and children’s literature. The cycle is repeated every four years, and the...
Bernardine Evaristo's novel, Girl, Woman, Other, a book hailed as “exuberant,” “inventive,” “courageous” and “compulsively readable,” has been long-listed for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction. The novel follows the story of 12 characters, most of whom are Black...
OTHERWISE The grass is green, Like cattles and kines, Your love is grazing my skin. I love you like an ache, As delicious and sticky as dates, But it occurs, from time to time That rivers join,only to part again. Though it could've been otherwise. In the value of...
Press Release: Monday, 3 February 2020 – The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing has announced its panel of judges for 2020. Having marked its 20th anniversary last year, the AKO Caine Prize is looking forward to a new decade of exploring and recognising...