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We all have a set of memories that are particularly painful to tap into. We box them up and push them behind our closets simply because they are too painful to think of, let alone narrate. The [...]

Dear Amara, at the end of last year, I received the teary email you sent me, which I read and reread until my heart wept. Some situations are humorous in themselves. It is how you run to someone [...]

Dear You, A warrior in an ongoing battle, a spectator watching a struggle, or a veteran of one, does the battle ever stop? Ooh, if only we’d write about the ongoing wars. The clanking of ideas, [...]

Mingaphi iminyaka yakho?  No no no no. Why me? I Don’t Understand What They Are Saying. Sorry, I only speak English. Hayi! Ngoba? You’re black and you don’t speak your mother tongue? You should [...]

I sighed deeply before opening the door. I tried ignoring the persistent knocks, thinking that if I said all the right words like, “God knows best,” grief would realise I didn’t want to entertain [...]

  Written by Chisom Nsiegbunam Edited by Baboshiya Asake  Olasehinde   Comfort N.A. Okyere has been appointed Chief Editor for the 8th cycle of the Writers Space Africa (WSA) Monthly Literary [...]