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I From Grandpa, I learnt to give water to Thirsty hopes; These words are for the bruised soul Whose dreams are strangled in the wind, Astray in an aging petal. II Mother showed me how to paint [...]

I was plunged into despair that words are powerless to describe, when my vagina flooded my laps with sticky water. The little mass of flesh budding within me had torn the membrane that caved it [...]

The ground is cracked, like my dry lips and my dirty feet. The sun shines bright and hot, and the few leaves left on the old guava tree slowly float to the ground, yellow and dry. Mama spreads [...]

Eshou threw another cannonball at Agbara, it struck him greatly and he was burnt severely. Agbara knelt down and summon the spirits, it was his last card. It was now or never, all the beautiful [...]

Elenja held her hoe firmly as she moved through the narrow path that led to the farm. It was five in the morning. She moved slowly hardly able to see what was ahead and totally relying on the [...]

Rejuvenation – our lives revolve so much around this process, but what exactly is it? Rejuvenation is defined as “the action or process of giving new energy or vigor to something.” This process [...]

  UPDATE – CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SHORTLIST   I would like to announce, on behalf of the African Writers Development Trust (AWDT), Writers Space Africa Foundation, and Writers [...]