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I yearn to win on this soil from which I was formed, Just before I return to the One who created me. I do not want to be like a fruit-bearing tree, One watered during every season, But fails to [...]

In China, there is a custom that has been passed down for ages. It is called the Zhuazhou where during the one-year celebration of a baby, different items, each symbolizing a career path are [...]

Divine Okpe, the 16-year-old winner of the 2023 African Teen Writers Prize (Prose), converses with Lise Nova Berwadushime about her writing journey and creative inspirations.   [...]

It was inevitable: the putrid smell of carrion flowers often reminded me of the fate of my inner childhood. It all began on the day Papa died. I had returned from vacation from Auntie Esewie, my [...]

A cold morning is the time you wear an extra layer of clothing to work – it could be a raincoat, a sweater, or a suit but not if you work in a hospital. A health professional would wear [...]

Pray, the childhood places That now appear stark Sans shine, sans sheen – Did the years wear out the sheen Or the wool got pulled From our infantile eyes? Pray, the spaces that be now contracted [...]

Sorry to my inner child That I never allowed you to bloom like brave red flowers thriving in adversity Instead, I watched pedophiles bend your stalk and plucked your petals like a thief in the [...]

I want to be a child, I want to be able to sleep when it’s bedtime, I want to go to a playground Ride a merry-go-round, Run when no one’s behind me Hang on my father’s shoulder, Having his hands [...]

Dear you, I hope you survive The sudden segue of seasons And the soft stabs of the prickly barbs beneath your chin. I hope you shoulder more dreams than burdens On your newly broadened shoulders. [...]

If only the suckling lips will pause to peruse To think and dig the depth of the unknown To plough and explore through the unseen, To unlock that which seems hidden. If only the suckling lips [...]