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Mother’s scent smells, oh so divine! Smells of power, beauty and confidence; intertwined. She buys only the expensive fragrances, Her bedroom aroma lingers with her favourites. My nose twitches [...]

Welcome to yet another edition of the Writers Space Africa Magazine interview corner. In this edition, I had a chat with the young Tanzanian Writer, Ammar Somji. Do read along. – PPBlessing [...]

Nine months, preciously carried in your womb So resplendent as a rose you abloom Your care helps me groom My idol, I cherish you For your selflessness I survive Famished, only for me to be alive [...]

I teeter towards the blinding light Tissue and muscle tear and cleave To usher me out, From this nursery within An alien in foreign land I shriek Letting through gusts of bloody air To pierce my [...]

Mythical immortal of resilience Her breast, an incessant fountain flowing into famished mouths Her love, priceless as Nico Mbarga’s Sweet Mother Cuddles orphans saddled on horses of societal [...]

We walk on the calloused palms of our mothers; Palms engraved with the proof of their toil. We stand on the adept feet of our mothers; Feet that walk distances to fend for their families. We [...]

Yes, indefinable, the created creator, bled not for your sake, tired, until retired, only retire when still and cold, all life you have given, warmth in the cold, underneath your life, survived [...]

I want to write for her Her undying love Her effortless charisma Her accurate guidance Her unsurpassed dignity Her everyday courtesy For she owns a thatched up soul That keeps me balanced and [...]

I know every inch of this home; every corner where the kids play hide and seek, every room where a mother cradles her newborn, and every hearth where food simmers to win a husband’s heart anew. [...]

It is timely that you and I finally meet here in the city I played football as a lanky boy, grazing my knees on the gravel roads, hoping to become the next Samuel Eto’o. I fondly remember the [...]