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A bunch of African chiefs met under debatable circumstances, traded rain dances in a circle then each walked back to their famines. It is only when they counted the tribal face masks, And rounded [...]

In this Edition of the Writers Space Africa Magazine, I had a chat with Stella Gonye Tshuma, the Zimbabwean author of Peace in the storm who currently resides in Namibia with her family. Read on [...]

‘Where are you from?’ is a simple enough question to answer but for me, a Zimbabwean woman living in a different country, it can produce 3 different answers namely my current place, my birthplace [...]

Open your ears, listen to the doleful wailing Open your hearts, empathize with the world Open your eyes, look within See the pandemonium slicing through Mother Earth Don’t you have a heart for [...]

Sheila peeped through the aeroplane window and all she could see were puffy clouds. She felt as if she had been flying forever. She did not want the aeroplane to land in Bamako, she wanted it [...]

I got marooned on the Smiling Coast. There I met an African beauty, “Habari Yako,” she said, Rattling off rich melodious languages. Her Ashanti outfit had the value of gold. It was stunningly [...]

Once upon a time I was a wee-nipper There a plucky woman Who always was on hand to satiate my thirst? A tenacious woman of virtue, She weathered my boyhood storms Sparing my blushes when I erred [...]

He wiped his brow, and paced back and forth, shouting gibberish. Sbo looked around at everyone. They all had their eyes closed, their hands in the air. Some had tears streaming down their cheeks. [...]

Mother’s scent smells, oh so divine! Smells of power, beauty and confidence; intertwined. She buys only the expensive fragrances, Her bedroom aroma lingers with her favourites. My nose twitches [...]

In this February edition of the Writers Space Africa Magazine, we bring you Nathaniel Ziphoezinhle Mpofu, a multi-award-winning author of several books, librarian at the Bulawayo Public Library, [...]