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Tale of An African Booty Scratcher | By Emmanuel “Rambo” Afrifa | An African...
*I scratch behind my leg* My name is Moses Manu, and I’ve been called an “African Booty Scratcher” since I was in 2nd grade. I never knew what an African Booty Scratcher meant or where it came from. I...
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On “Performing Pregnancy” and the (What if)! After-effect | by Pearl Osibu
In the last few days, social media has taken up arms (again) about Chimamanda’s statements. Code word ‘Perform pregnancy.’ In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Adichie confirmed that...
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12 | by Elizabeth Edirin Enajeroh | African Poetry
she is up. before the cock remembers to crow, before the moon remembers to disappear, before the sun remembers to rise, she is up. she clutches the broom in one hand. she clutches the dustpan in the...
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The Small Redemptions of Donald Trump | An Analysis of Adichie’s “The...
Tuesday evenings in Nsukka are always parched up. The university community is edging closer to its second semester exams. I’m lying down on my bed, surfing the web, while pretending to be studying. My...
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No Ordinary Things | by Mukoma Wa Ngugi | African Poetry
*A Poem for the Black Lives Matter Movement For black men and women, these are no ordinary things: A broken taillight, cigarette, cell phone, a spoon, pocket knife, hoodies in 85 degree heat,...
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On the Return | by Hakeem Adam | African Poetry
The joy is too much for that little muscle caged in your chest. Let it rip from the corner of your eyes and stain the rainbow on your face. ******** The image in the post was adapted from a...
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Sinking | By Wesley Macheso | An African Story
Whenever I thought about my mother I would think of jewels. Racing back to the events leading to her death, my mind would capture a gem, the size of the white of the eye of a fried fish, spiraling...
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There Will Be No Forgetting | by Esther Edoho | African Poetry
i. My mother sent a photograph of my cousins sitting around a kitchen stool in our backyard eating garri and soup from the same plate. I haven’t seen them in six years. My youngest cousin is much...
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What the Farafina Creative Writing Workshop Is | by Nnamdi Anyadu
It is: I. Twenty-three writer-people googling each other before they arrive for ten days of reading and writing at a beautiful waterside hotel in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. II. Emails of short stories, of...
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Gaze | by Marial Awendit | African Poetry
(i) sea I am a sea open to your azure gaze of silent words spilling from yesterday’s black veins (ii) egg your own world an egg; where to enter is to destroy and to forsake is to save. if mine has...
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Read the Top Five Selections for the I ❤️ African Literature Writing Contest
When we announced the I ❤️ African Literature writing contest two weeks ago, we honestly did not know what to expect. The idea was to celebrate our 6th year anniversary by having readers profess their...
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Things I Taught You | by Danvictor Ebirim | African Poetry
Time flies. Days turn to night, Or is it the other way I’ve lost track of time, Or am I wrong? Like rugby, Things I Taught you, A scrum, bodies entangled You found it funny. I found it rough. You Said...
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Retrograde Amnesia | by Dimeji Abidoye | African Poetry
Every thing begins to fade in the afternoon. It is no trick of my manias, It is the light. It tells none of and all of the lies. What is not already dead is dying. Then there will be you and there...
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On the Phone, Her Voice — The Sound of Violin | by Chukwudi Okoye | African...
On the phone, Her voice — the sound of violin — Would play in melancholy With every words she uttered Until the night spread Its wrapper across the moon And brought tears to my eyes. She said:...
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Why We are Celebrating Ggbenga Adesina’s Poem in New York Times Magazine
Gbenga Adesina first came under our radar in 2014 when he submitted a poem titled “Rediscovery,” a beautiful piece that we went on to publish. He continued writing and getting his work out there in...
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Two Announcements Later, Chika Unigwe Brightens Our 2016
2016 has been a rather dark and gloomy year, to say the least. Tragic news of loss and violence seems to be the mainstay of our social media timelines. While it is important to pay attention to these...
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Congolese Filmmaker Creates Stunning Visual Poem in Honor of His Grandmother
If you are a fan of new generation African poets like Warsan Shire, Safia Elhillo, Ggenga Adesina and others, the chances are that you have a taste for the more experimental kind of poetry. Nganji’s...
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In Broad Daylight | by Sharon Tshipa | An African Story
As if the stench of cigarettes were not enough, the room reeked of alcohol. Unless they were permitted to drink on the job, I was convinced they had kept a...
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The Strangest Thing | by Ngozi Cole | African Poetry
It’s hard to get inside my head. Many pendulums of unfinished thoughts Each swiveling recklessly off the edge of a careless charade. Words dripping from an orange amber suckle Succulent metaphors...
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Marothodi’s Surprise | by Neo Bridgette Kitso | African Poetry
A little while after the last summer came to an end, Marothodi’s chest started beading. Her breasts pressed out a bit too much and sometimes when she touched them they seemed too tender with a...
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