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It was pitch dark outside, except for the occasional firefly and car lights in the distance, and Ntombi was all alone. The cold breeze gave her chills, but she did not care. Anything was better [...]

A long time ago when all the animals could sing, talk, and dance like man, there lived a Man and his family, and their neighbours were Dog and his family. Alas, Man and Dog were sworn enemies. [...]

Welcome to another Edition of the Writers Space Africa Magazine Writers corner. In this Edition, I will be chatting with Namse Udosen the educational Rockstar from Nigeria.   PPBlessing: So [...]

Eno was sixteen, his stomach large enough to swallow the world but the little food served cold and meatless could not possibly quench his hunger. “Mma, this food is too small,” he complained. [...]

You sat your wretchedness on a bench built from the logs of bamboo placed parallel over forked stumps. Your red pupils were bloated with indignation, heart throbbing and hands trembling like an [...]

Some said one among the village folks had angered the gods by not offering the yearly sacrifice to our god, Leza. Some had the impression that someone had somehow woken some dark spirits of dead [...]

She is a creature of the wild, a raptor. Men in the village called her, “a monster”, For when she devoured a herd of beasts, there remained no traces of bones. It is hunger that drives her. In [...]

Do painters’ fingers tingle with that rush When their thumb and index holds not the brush? Do they too feel that longing deep inside When their empty canvas hurts their pride? Do singers’ voices [...]

In a house where pots don’t see enough fufu In a house where plates don’t hold enough sadza In a house where five fingers rarely glomp enough nshima Peace and smiles swiftly scamper out via the [...]

Brew: Whimpers of iniquities, Charades of pain, Histrionics to please- The divine cronies Hearken: Come forth to partake In this feast of impetuousness. Let your brawny tongues Of devastation [...]