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A collection of short stories, mostly comic satire that touch on prevalent issues like social media, gender inequality, and sexuality. The book consists of Eight stories (the last story divided into four sub-stories) and three short skits.
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This Anthology of Love and other beautiful tales is a collection of short stories that challenge conventional narratives of what romance is all about.
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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.
