Featured, Nigeria, Witnessing

Fragments of a Protest

Azeez Adekunle

Before the unfortunate incident, we had planned to design some t-shirts to show our solidarity for the #EndSARS movement. The inscriptions would read 'Soro Soke,'...

Featured, Ghana, Witnessing

My Fire Story

Bright Aboagye

We had moved only a short distance when a loud explosion tore through the night. The sound was immediate and overwhelming. I turned and saw...

Featured, Nigeria, Witnessing

When Life Pressed Pause

Rachael Ajisafe

My mother had a small shop. During lockdown, it became both refuge and responsibility. People could not move freely, but they still needed essentials. Food....

Congo, Featured, Fiction, gender & feminism, vol. 4

Letter to Andrée

Sabrina Moella

Your father agreed with some of my arguments, but he was more moderate in his opinions. He said we had to do one thing at...

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Fiction, gender & feminism, Ghana, vol. 1

The Women from the Gold Coast

Benjamin Cyril Arthur

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Sunsets Are for Goodbyes

Anuoluwa Ngozi

The scorching afternoon sun beat down on our skin as we continued under it. Our hands soon intertwined on the busy streets of Sabon Gari,...

Fiction, Nigeria, vol. 2, war, conflicts & disaster

Red + Yellow Should Be Orange

Favour Evioghene Brown

We talked about everything—our other friends and school, but I never told her about the rumble in my chest whenever she walked into the church...

Fiction, gender & feminism, Ghana, vol. 1

The Women from the Gold Coast

Benjamin Cyril Arthur

As the night winds enveloped her in a tight embrace, she did not shiver. How dare she? Everything she had spent the last year working...

Fiction, Nigeria, vol. 1, war, conflicts & disaster

Where is Akunna?

Ebube Okwuasaba

Akunna always had a funny way of scribbling her words whenever she wrote to me, particularly when she wanted financial assistance. I loved it every...