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When we invited writers for this Issue, submissions of any theme or genre were welcomed, but especially so for works that explore the concept of journeys through the lenses of travels and tours―what it means to travel, to seek out new places. To write a story or a poem or an essay, writes Garth Greenwell, is to make a claim about what we find beautiful, about what moves us, to reveal a vision of the world, which the writers in this Issue have done with their work.
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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
We learnt to takerefuge in the talesspoken to us byour father's fathers. We take comfortin what time offersour hungry bodies,with our hands as plates. We learn to walk;a blind mind withoutdirection, clearlyshutting our imaginationfrom what life offers. Wemust learn to...
She was not beautiful either. Beauty was not the stuff anyways. You’d grown enough to know it was not about beauty or about the soft faces or unending smiles, but you could not tell Mother this.
A social media campaign tagged #PublishingPaidMe was created on June 6, 2020 by urban fantasy writer L.L. Mckinney as part of the ongoing conversation on racism in the United States. The campaign questioned the disparity in book advances between black authors and...
I’d like to be a butterflyAnd flutter into your roomTell you how the wind blowsCause I feel it in my armsAnd it’s pointing me your way. I’d like to say I miss youBut we’ve only been humanWith limbs so heavy that we hideBehind our prison doorsWaiting till the storm is...
The Creative Freelance Writerz’ group is delighted to host Facebook live literary webinars. The webinars are an initiative that reflects our mission to create a platform that encourages the literary craft within the African space. As a commitment to promoting African...
• night: a thousand nocturnal voices & a hundred homeless thoughts seek solace in my head each holding a beacon — each wanting to construct bridges but I — I only know how to burn bridges & hang down a tree and cut the rope — freedom I do not know how to hold...
10 African Bookstagram Accounts You Should Follow A common misconception is that Africans don't read. However, trends like bookstagramming have proved otherwise. Africans read and their social media platforms reflect their passionate love for books. A bookstagram is...
Nigeria’s Innocent Chizaram Ilo has emerged the African region winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. They are the youngest ever writer to be awarded the regional prize. They have been a finalist for the Gerald Kraak Award, the Short Story Day Africa Prize...
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Celebrating 20 years of rewarding diverse writing talents across the continent – with past winners including Namwali Serpell, Tope Folarin, Lesley Nneka Arimah – the shortlist is always one to anticipate.
