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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 [...]

There’s a part of us deep in our chamber A part that time and age sometimes don’t put to slumber, A part that eternally yearns for the light A part that’s wearied of the fight. This part seeks a [...]

I looked in the mirror and admired the pretty beads in my hair. I positively looked like a child with my Minnie mouse t-shirt, wide-legged blue jeans and braids adorned with beads of multiple [...]

“You might want to check this out!” Lydia’s partner who was still in utter shock had called her in. And when she came around, she realized that the woman who had been reducing the population of [...]

It rained grief in Idoani; the day Mr. Dawap died, and the longest, largest, and fruitless tree was down. Under the tree were lengthened wooden chairs, before his death. The administrative block, [...]

Remember, 1994, the year of the butcher bird With numerous irons, disjointed from their ores Were forged in bottomless pit of anvils. Tensed, stale wind of discord Swivelled between the Tutsi and [...]

Those were the last days of May. Little ragamuffins kicked the skull around. They were playing football. Children who had survived the very worst, children who would be the victims of the very [...]

Umwari lived with her grandmother on the lush green hills of Rwanda, surrounded by the majestic mountain gorillas that roamed freely in the nearby forests. A beautiful girl with bright eyes and [...]

In this edition, Lise Nova Berwadushime interviewed Adedokun Ibrahim, the winner of the 2023 African Teen Writers Award (Poetry).   ————-   Lise: Hello, Ibrahim, [...]

Just as a desert land Sings songs of petrichor When kissed by drops of Long awaited rain, My soul resonates With verses of Harmonized ecstasy When I see You. When I see You Showing up in trickles [...]