by Charity Ngabirano | Apr 9, 2021 | Fiction, Prose
December 4th 1994. Mbarara, Uganda He walked briskly behind me. Tight, light, almost non- sounding steps. I gripped the straps of my schoolbag, my heart racing with each step. I looked over my right shoulder. He stopped to buy some fruits. I hurried on, determined to...
by Haruna Solomon Binkam | Jan 1, 2021 | Fiction
It was a nightmare at first, but… The master thatcher was in the bush collecting grasses as usual when the news reached him. “Nyagwom, the thing inside your wife is out,” Kofieze said, a choir of flies buzzing around his face as he spoke. Nyagwom’s heart...
by Onyinye Muomah | Nov 20, 2020 | Fiction
Illustration by Adejonwo Kizito. “You know my mom almost aborted me,” Love said out of the blues. They had been driving for about twenty minutes in complete silence. “Did I ever tell you that story?” She turned in her seat to face Ola. “No,” he said. “After five...
by Eye Kay Nwaogu | Nov 6, 2020 | Fiction
Illustration: Adejonwo Kizito Ahem. It did happen one day that Mama Eliezer, who sold fish in Cana market, was having the wedding of her second daughter. She invited her close friend and loyal customer, Mama Emmanuel aka Mary. And Mary, who was using style to be...
by Aiwa Odafen | Oct 20, 2020 | Fiction
Featured image by Adejonwo Kizito and Dantala Ali. The tell-tale sign of squealing tires came first, skidding hard against the road as the owner struggled to avoid the inevitable. It was too late. At the intersection between Mississippi and King’s Cross roads, the two...
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