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THE GREY AREAS

Fiction by Ufuoma Bakporhe           There were many things I knew about being a biracial woman living in Nigeria. Growing up, I heard many things about how I was prone to better opportunities, or how I was more special than ‘regular’ Nigerian kids who did not have a foreign parent, but...
December 18, 2023

BLACK STAR RISING

Fiction by Araba Ofori-Acquah 22nd February 2023 “The only famous Africans are either political leaders or political rebels.” I can’t even count how many times mama has said this to me. But I really thought today would be different. I should have known anyway. Since she’s become so into this...
December 6, 2023

THIRD TIME IS A CHARM

Fiction by Bisola Bada I began to have memories of my lives when I was seven. They started as nightmares, and then I started having visions in the middle of the day. At first, my parents did not believe me; they thought I was being exposed to too much television,...
November 20, 2023

BY THE VOLTA RIVER

Fiction by Benjamin Arthur  Each year towards the beginning of the rainy season, Tilapinne species, or tilapia as locals call it, swim down from the upper reaches of Africa into the Volta river. The fishermen, although still in a state of fatigue and excitement from the just-ended annual Hogbetsotso festival,...
April 4, 2023

KAE

Fiction by Akua Serwaa Amankwah Afrakoma has been found. Kwame Life calls me that Monday morning with the four words I’ve been waiting to hear for years, four words that slash me into two pulsating halves, four words that taunt me and haunt me in turns. I want to gather...
March 20, 2023

IN OUR MINDS

Fiction by Nunya-Nelike Apetsi In Our Minds She lay outstretched on the bed that should soon be her death bed, her head on the pillow which had now become a companion for her numerous thoughts. She looked pale and fragile. Old age had already caught up with her. Her once...
September 4, 2021

DEATH BY HEARTBREAK

Fiction by Briana Korletey “Amma, take the chicken out of the freezer and let it thaw,” My mother barked as she wrapped the cloth around her waist. "Don’t forget or I will drown you in the water with it when I return.” “Yes Ma." She pushed her basket against the...
July 30, 2021

MOTORWAY

Fiction by Teddy Totimeh Motorway There was a certain excitement when I got off the airplane into the blanket of sweltering heat on a May evening in Accra. The heat had that presence that one has to acknowledge, and then move on. Because nothing else can be done about it....
July 13, 2021

WON’T YOU EAT AGAIN?

Fiction by Akorfa Dawson WON’T YOU EAT AGAIN? We used to eat together in one big bowl, all of us: the six Baidoo children. Immediately you see us anywhere, no one needs to tell you that we are related, from the way we squint when we are deep in thoughts,...
June 29, 2021

Parkour

Fiction by Elfreda Tetteh 1 On the day that Johnson falls, he is thinking of heading to the bridge. During the class break, he stands outside and tries to fold himself in the corner, all sharp joints and school-approved colours. Even so, he hears Garu and the rest of the...
November 24, 2020
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