by Afreecanread | Sep 30, 2020 | Gist Corner
In comemmorating World Day of Immigrants all over the world, we at Afreecan Read, celebrate books on immigration. Stories are very integral to humanity because they make humans humane. They sprinkle droplets of nuance that make every immigrant, documented or not,...
by Alexis Teyie | Sep 26, 2020 | Poems
for seven medium-sized chickens, a promise of clear skies, a rich husband and a fertile womb, what wonder have I bartered? And what of these unseasoned tragedies of mine, are they without sponsor? Did I subsidize my own agony, floating, entranced in that old sea,...
by Alexis Teyie | Sep 26, 2020 | Poems
An eighth of my care for you is due to that copper smile, and the vague aroma of coriander under your fingernails, and this glance you drop in my lap, which I must nurse, of course. I forget the other seven eighths; but if pressed, I might say: you stayed. Alexis...
by Nkateko Masinga | Sep 26, 2020 | Poems
nobody told us knuckles were a train track for prayerbeads until we lost everythingand onlookers said ‘pray harder’the church folk saidjob is a man who lost everythingand was given morebut listenthe word/name job triggers mebecause i broke my skull in pursuit of oneso...
by Pamilerin Jacob | Sep 26, 2020 | Poems
Most are clueless about how they will die. Not me. I know exactly where the sickle will enter. Unlike you, sir, I do not need to perform grief like a child’s well-rehearsed lie. Finally, I can live like the world belongs to me and I, to it. I am a miracle, yes, and...
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