Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance
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by Aadhiya Tulsi
4M ago
I                                        Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end of prayer. Incense wafts through the house. My mom passes through my room toward me and offers me some of the aarti; blessed light from tiny ghee lit lamps surrounding a single centrepiece, a shard of white camphor aflame. I drop back into bed and […] The post Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonan ..read more
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Rewriting Sudan in Leila Aboulela’s Novel ‘River Spirit’
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by Amany Abdelrazek-Alsiefy
4M ago
River Spirit is a recent historical novel by the award-winning Scottish-Sudanese novelist Leila Aboulela published by Saqi Books. River Spirit is Aboulela´s sixth novel and it explores the physical, emotional, and spiritual devastation wrought by slavery, multiple layers of colonialism and religious division in 19th-century Sudan.  River Spirit marks a significant milestone as the inaugural Sudanese […] The post Rewriting Sudan in Leila Aboulela’s Novel ‘River Spirit’ appeared first on AfricanWriter.com ..read more
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B. Ańjọláolúwa | The Art of Living
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by B. Ańjọláolúwa
4M ago
Life doesn’t make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all. —Erik Erikson   Her hands shake as she grabs on to the door frame, head bent down as though from defeat. And as I watch curiously as she walks gingerly towards the opposite […] The post B. Ańjọláolúwa | The Art of Living appeared first on AfricanWriter.com ..read more
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Abigail George | Rebirth
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by Abigail George
4M ago
Rebirth/ (The Other Me Who Sent a Man to War)   I am the young woman in the photograph with mousy brown hair and spectacles. I am the owl found in the bloom of the universe. I am the nurse at the Mercantile inheriting the bird in the nest. I am sad in her eyes. […] The post Abigail George | Rebirth appeared first on AfricanWriter.com ..read more
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Hayley Gibbons | Awakened
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by Hayley Gibbons
4M ago
Primal she never could quite understand why he feared his own death so intently; her greatest dreads were disneyland, rain at sea, and music in a minor key ———- Awakened I still remember the day My young son discovered that War has rules. I flinched at the sound of my own words As I saw […] The post Hayley Gibbons | Awakened appeared first on AfricanWriter.com ..read more
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Mohamed Mahou | Beyond Reproach
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by Mohamed Mahou
4M ago
Zayd, disgusted and exasperated, bounced about on the ripped seat of an old bus destined for Ayt Hmad, a half-forgotten village in Morocco’s far south. This marked a pivotal point in his life, as he was about to begin his teaching profession after an interminably long year of training at the Casablanca teaching center. He […] The post Mohamed Mahou | Beyond Reproach appeared first on AfricanWriter.com ..read more
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Marial Awendit | Chronology in a New Town
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by Marial Awendit
5M ago
Chronology in a New Town A grey dog gaits past The town’s pool water Muddied by pigs… The whirlwind spins dry leaves Of a tamarind tree & wilted petals Past shattered timbers Around an empty bottle Of Pilsner beer… Seated in bamboo shack, I look at the eucalyptus trees ++ In front of me & […] The post Marial Awendit | Chronology in a New Town appeared first on AfricanWriter.com ..read more
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James Onyebuchi Nnaji | When I am Dead Again
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by James Onyebuchi Nnaji
5M ago
When I am Dead Again I invite the wind when my fire speaks To listen to the soliloquy that calls my name But the wind is challenged on its birthday, The beginning of my 9/11 Like the day of the angry masquerade That whips his chief priest. We hold conversations with fire That belches but […] The post James Onyebuchi Nnaji | When I am Dead Again appeared first on AfricanWriter.com ..read more
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Joel Oputa | Night Crawlers
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by Joel Oputa
5M ago
THE RACCOON It had been easy. In fact, it had been too easy. It had gone exactly like those freak situations where everything just flows in perfect harmony. No hitches, no mishaps, no snags – just an effortless loot and a glorious get away. The fact that even his feet seemed to be in perfect […] The post Joel Oputa | Night Crawlers appeared first on AfricanWriter.com ..read more
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Andrea Zanin | Dirt
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by Andrea Zanin
5M ago
Dan Lefoka stood outside his house and looked. He looked up. The great blue sky with its giant cumulonimbus clouds—the same blue, the same greatness, the same clouds. He could’ve been standing anywhere in Johannesburg. But he wasn’t. Dan Lefoka drew a breath and pulled his head down, levelling his gaze. Houses. With walls—infant walls. […] The post Andrea Zanin | Dirt appeared first on AfricanWriter.com ..read more
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