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The weather today is foul. The earth seems to have taken a dreadful turn. Life is tinged with an inert kind of sorrow. The devil must be working overtime this June. My mind is going awry. There [...]

I tend to think That memories for me are like A sweater of various palette One that’s still being knit So when you pull one thread It all unravels You have to start over Or you consider it done [...]

Skin like silk, chocolate and honey Color of the earth, coal and copper Color of the gods and gems The fates made us black Providence made all the thousand accents Dance from our mouths One black [...]

Mr. Hare called for a meeting in his home. He loved sharing the little he had with all the animals. No matter how hard the years had been, animals got time to meet and eat together. Apart from [...]

The Kenya chapter of Writers Space Africa (WSA) has opened its first physical office space in the country’s capital. Located in Langata’s Moi estate along Kanga Road, Nairobi, the [...]

When the sun goes down All the laughter fades away, My face on the mirror As I prepare my armour. Darkness has descended, And my heart is trembling. My mind is – Blown, by what I’m about to [...]

Is a waterfall with brunette, dread locked clouds? And rainbow irises At Chavakali, I say. Scalding When the smokie vendor asks, how hot your pepper? He doesn’t believe it. He doesn’t know That [...]

Welcome to the July edition of Creative Spotlight, an interview column featured monthly in the Writers Space Africa (WSA) Magazine. In this Edition, I had a chat with a delightful lady all the [...]

Dans le 6e numéro du magazine trilingue PoeticAfrica, Elizabeth Akunyili s’assoit un instant avec Eloga Arsène pour parler de sa vie et de son métier. Veuillez profiter de la conversation [...]

When their eyes meet generations a century apart conversations that ensue are pure wonder. The languages they speak are different yet they seem to understand each other almost perfectly. Their [...]