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In this edition, Lise interviews Patrick Nzabonimpa (Tom), a Rwandan writer, poet, and journalist. Patrick, the Country Coordinator of WSA-Rwanda since 2020, shares his journey from high school [...]

Writing causes you to pay more attention to life than the average person does; you never know where inspiration will strike. What this means in everyday interaction is that you identify how [...]

Aba. 22nd, July, 1998. Papa burnt down Mama’s farm the day we left. It had rained heavily on the night Mama had finally asked for a divorce. She had called me the previous evening, her voice [...]

It had been a tough day for Mutero whose career as the football coach of Tembo High was teetering on the brink of collapse after the humiliating defeat at the hands of Masii High. With a frown on [...]

A small body is impaled on the other side of my broad sword. I watch in horror as the life fades from the little boy’s eyes. His mouth agape, the remnants of a bloodcurdling scream. Hooves [...]

One. The absence of peace Even before she passed away like the sun in a wet season, her life wasn’t tranquil. My mother was a psychologically tortured woman. A harassed woman and of course [...]

In a world of chaos and strife, Where violence and hatred are rife, There is a strong desire within us all For a world where peace stands tall. Every heart longs for tranquillity A life free from [...]

Reaching out my tainted hands Empty of purity Discord, my identity Eclipsed by the world and ‘of the World’, Mundane… my priority. Prints of destruction Taking a toll on my soul In all of this, [...]

Aching bones and fading goals Fainting knees and weeping lips Forms, overburdened by affliction’s kiss And we laid still, like a silent wind. Then, In all honor and humility notwithstanding His [...]

The world, comes to us in the form of a balloon, we, go to it dressed like cacti, and wail, about the noise it makes when it bursts upon us, We long to be redeemed. “Touch me. Hold me,” we say to [...]