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In this edition of the Writers Space Africa Magazine, we bring you an amazing mother, teacher, and Children’s book author who is passionate about impacting children’s life for the [...]

As the aging headmaster gingerly mounted the podium, the students rose to their feet and greeted him in unison. Obiora Okpata was one of them. As he looked at the headmaster, he wondered if, like [...]

Last night I had a mix of a flashback and a nightmare of the war between Ethiopia, and Eritrea. I recall the screams so loud it hurts your ears, the gunshots firing off all around you. BANG BANG [...]

The torture was in a slow movement. Tamilore tried to contain the wave of dread in her shaking legs, as she handed over the white scroll card with two heartstrings at the center. The kitted [...]

Dispirited; he was Fragments of his hopes Sliced his wrecked soul. Foul; now his middle name, His life Never been pellucid. Pearls scattered, Once his beam of hope. The milky gown, more misery. [...]

Far above the canopies, Beyond the hills Where the sun kisses the land, There rests our hope. Far above the skies, Beyond the hills And the gurgling of the streams, There rests a burning ray of [...]

The protracted dusk of yesterday Conspires with the stubborn eclipse That refuses to exit today’s sky The whale of anguish in past misdeeds Keeps stirring the currents That storm this [...]

These lines on my palms are not palmar creases they are the topography of a place where the fossils are a muss of mildews and molds Strangling the saplings In this place, Pens are deadlier than [...]

Silently they look up to the sky Wanting to let go, willing to fly They spread their battered wings Poised to soar even as the bell rings Spelling yet more imminent doom Have they any inclination [...]

Dear tomorrow, I know I’m afraid of heights But I wish not to grow old Doing the same thing everyday. I know you’re worried Because of my trillion phobias, But today I wish to be a kite Skating [...]