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“Redemption is the pathway that is trailed by perpetual light. -Thompson Emate   Freedom from the night Walking towards the light Darkness seeks for the escaped souls It’s like running on [...]

I spent my life in a haze, a suspended animation With every breath taking me farther from the surface And every sigh pulling me deeper into the void.   I never had grand ambitions, nor did I [...]

That week was abnormal in many ways. For one, the sun feared opening its eyes; any time it tried to peep, fog forced it back. One could not tell whether the fog was man-made or natural. For [...]

The early morning sky brooded at 3am and Ojotule’s heart was a beehive of activities. For 30 years, she had wallowed in confusion, anger, and now a deep-seated sadness; weariness that nothing [...]

Her life was a series of shadows, each one cast by a regret too deep to forget. The mistake she made years ago clung to her like a relentless specter, whispering in her ear, draining the color [...]

Lately, memories from my childhood have been surfacing, like fragments of a forgotten dream. One late afternoon stands out vividly. I had gone to buy Baba Dudu from a Hausa man’s kiosk, drawn [...]

My grandparents married in August 1950. They had a small civil ceremony in London, where they were living at the time as my grandfather was specializing in paediatrics. My grandmother had been [...]

All the children in Class 6A could read and write except Nora! Nora was quiet, withdrawn, and easily distracted. At break time, she sat alone under the big orange tree to eat her lunch and never [...]

The third edition of the Writers Space Africa (WSA) Flash Poetry Contest took place on January 19th, marking the biggest event in the series so far. This highly anticipated contest featured 42 [...]

In this edition, Liza Chuma Akunyili speaks with Comfort Naana Adwoa Okyere, a passionate creative and guest Chief Editor of the Writers Space Africa (WSA) Magazine for the September edition. [...]