Creative Corner

On December 26, 2024, at 6 PM CAT, talented African poets gathered for the 3rd edition of the Boxing Day Spoken Word Contest. The annual competition, organised and hosted by Writers Space Africa [...]

In hidden wars, we fight alone Battles rage, though none may know The scars we bear, the tears we’ve cried The weight of secrets, we cannot deny The masks we wear, the smiles we fake Conceal the [...]

My pillow is a sympathetic flower I soak its trustworthy roots in starlit tears Drowning the day’s final hours In the pain I’ve harvested throughout the year Its cotton tongue licks the sorrows [...]

…God, oh dear God! Is this the worth of my soul, To trade my dignity for a handful of bills?   Each night, I paint my lips with lies, Walk cold streets with a mask on my face, Inside, I [...]

Chin up princess or the crown slips Tuck away the shames, shambles and shackles Keep a bronze lock on those closet skeletons Rehearse that sweet smile till it looks frank Conceal those scars, [...]

Edged, strong, and aged They touched the ground. A source of my wisdom And the ability to nourish myself.   They first saw me with the herd grazing about Plans set in motion, days of [...]

It crashed on its back, its legs up and wriggling. I found myself envious of its natural voluptuous gaster—my body was eager to fill out in the right places—as it twisted its thin waist this way [...]

It is day three hundred and sixty-five of being a thing that hurts in the life of the one person I love. Fernando Pessoa was right when he said: the inventor of the mirror poisoned the human [...]

I have a blazing smile, and a penetrating gaze. When we were young, my brother liked using some words in his sentences. We could be having a reason to celebrate and he would go, “I hope this will [...]

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 [...]