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The Truth About Fufu The Truth About Fufu A wonderful essay on one of Africa’s most important foods from Kofi Akpabli Topam topam is the sound That draws us to the mound of fufu found in an island of soup we swim and …

The Truth About Fufu
A wonderful essay on one of Africa’s most important foods from Kofi Akpabli

Hundred Ways to Kill Your Husband Hundred Ways to Kill Your Husband A brilliant short story from Adeola Opeyemi Salau I haven’t killed my husband yet. I have started countless times, I even have a long unwritten list of how to do …

Hundred Ways to Kill Your Husband
A brilliant short story from Adeola Opeyemi Salau
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First People of the Kalahari First People of the Kalahari A poem from Zimbabwean John Mhongovoyo I have no totem And probably no name. Born by another child on the fringes Of our ancestral lands I grew like a weed but do not ...

A poem from the day The Kalahari Review launched back in 2012

"First People of the Kalahari"
A poem from Zimbabwean John Mhongovoyo
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Selected Works IV An illustration showing sef’s unique style of Yoruba motifs and silhouettes — from sef adeola

Selected Works IV
An illustration showing sef’s unique style of Yoruba motifs and silhouettes — from sef adeola

Confessions of a Pre-Dawn Wretch An introspective essay on futility, desire, and the seductions of self-sabotage — by Adésètó

Confessions of a Pre-Dawn Wretch
An introspective essay on futility, desire, and the seductions of self-sabotage — by Adésètó
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A Journey The story of a boy who is murdered by his village for witchcraft and how the boy's soul journeys through the realm of the ancestors — by…

A Journey
The story of a boy who is murdered by his village for witchcraft and how the boy's soul journeys through the realm of the ancestors — by Alex Abesadu Bitrus Byanyiko
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When Algorithms Read African Literature An essay on how algorithms promise to reveal hidden patterns in Nigerian literature that overturn our ideas about which works are the most…

When Algorithms Read African Literature
An essay on how algorithms promise to reveal hidden patterns in Nigerian literature that overturn our ideas about which works are the most influential — from Grant Hamilton
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Conflict Between Values and Devalues in Cameroon A short essay about values and devalues at log ahead for dominance in Cameroon — from Ferdinan Ngomba Vevanje

Conflict Between Values and Devalues in Cameroon
A short essay about values and devalues at log ahead for dominance in Cameroon — from Ferdinan Ngomba Vevanje
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Hour Glass & Mustard Black In the concrete plains, the carnivores eyed her deliciously — two poems from Marcel Aduda

Hour Glass & Mustard Black
In the concrete plains, the carnivores eyed her deliciously — two poems from Marcel Aduda

We Buried the Morning in Kemanji Two poems from Ahmed Aminu

We Buried the Morning in Kemanji
Two poems from Ahmed Aminu
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We Buried the Morning in Kemanji Two poems from Ahmed Aminu

We Buried the Morning in Kemanji
Two poems from Ahmed Aminu
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More To Life Than Prayer A fresh idea from columnist Valerie Tendai Chatindo

More To Life Than Prayer
A fresh idea from columnist Valerie Tendai Chatindo
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Let The Sounds Of My Beating Drum Live!
Two fresh poems from Kenyan Rita Sybil
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The Carrot and The Stick When hope becomes a cage, and freedom feels like loss — two poems from Oluwaseyitan Oripeloye

The Carrot and The Stick
When hope becomes a cage, and freedom feels like loss — two poems from Oluwaseyitan Oripeloye

When Algorithms Read African Literature An essay on how the algorithms promise to reveal hidden patterns in Nigerian literature that overturn our ideas about which works are the…

When Algorithms Read African Literature
An essay on how the algorithms promise to reveal hidden patterns in Nigerian literature that overturn our ideas about which works are the most influential — from Grant Hamilton
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The Waiting Room A story about waiting — for love, for God, for a life that finally includes you — from Zimbabwean Chenai Mugunyani

The Waiting Room
A story about waiting — for love, for God, for a life that finally includes you — from Zimbabwean Chenai Mugunyani

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The Insecurity Paradox She was never inadequate — just waiting to see herself clearly — a story from Sumaiyah Muhammad Salisu

The Insecurity Paradox
She was never inadequate — just waiting to see herself clearly — a story from Sumaiyah Muhammad Salisu
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A Letter to My Mother Mrs Marian Sia Nyuma — Moijueh Poems that are cries for justice and hymns to the parents who armed him for success — from Sierra Leonean Sinneh T. Moijueh

A Letter to My Mother Mrs Marian Sia Nyuma — Moijueh
Poems that are cries for justice and hymns to the parents who armed him for success — from Sierra Leonean Sinneh T. Moijueh

The Village Beards are Burning
Poems of shifting identities in a land where art is sustained when survival demands silence — from Malawian William Khalipwina Mpina

A Letter to My Mother Mrs Marian Sia Nyuma — Moijueh Poems that are cries for justice and hymns to the parents who armed him for success — from Sierra Leonean Sinneh T. Moijueh

A Letter to My Mother Mrs Marian Sia Nyuma — Moijueh
Poems that are cries for justice and hymns to the parents who armed him for success — from Sierra Leonean Sinneh T. Moijueh

I Love You, but I’m Not in Love With You A piece capturing being connected with someone, to the slow unravelling of a bond — from Kenyan Jerusa Mentrin

I Love You, but I’m Not in Love With You
A piece capturing being connected with someone, to the slow unravelling of a bond — from Kenyan Jerusa Mentrin

The Village Beards are Burning Poems of shifting identities in a land where art is sustained when survival demands silence — from Malawian William Khalipwina Mpina

The Village Beards are Burning
Poems of shifting identities in a land where art is sustained when survival demands silence — from Malawian William Khalipwina Mpina

Usoro Ndo A story about family ties, the cultural beauty of Africa — and their crazy expectations — from Edidiong Esara

Usoro Ndo
A story about family ties, the cultural beauty of Africa and their crazy expectations — from Nigerian Edidiong Esara

The Jaguar Winner A short story of a competition winner becoming an object of competition — from Motswana Dorcas B Molefe

The Jaguar Winner
A short story of a competition winner becoming an object of competition — from Motswana Dorcas B Molefe

The Voice of Christianity in Nigeria Today An essay about the violence perpetuated on Christians in parts of Nigeria, and the silence met from the churches — from Chinedu Herbert…

The Voice of Christianity in Nigeria Today
An essay about the violence perpetuated on Christians in parts of Nigeria, and the silence met from the churches — from Chinedu Herbert Oluwadamilare

The Sharpening of Prisca’s Teeth The story of a young African woman returns to the Congo to undergo traditional teeth sharpening, defying her family — from Sabrina Moella

The Sharpening of Prisca’s Teeth
The story of a young African woman who returns to the Congo to undergo traditional teeth sharpening, defying her family — from Sabrina Moella

The Farmer’s Shot A story about an uncouth, superstitious farmer who gets a shot at love — from Alabi Wuraola

The Farmer’s Shot
A story about an uncouth, superstitious farmer who gets a shot at love — from Alabi Wuraola

I Am the Vessel Two poems about finding myself and being self-aware — from Munyai Tshifhiwa Hellen

I Am the Vessel
Two poems about finding myself and being self-aware — from
Munyai Tshifhiwa Hellen

My Family on Crutches A collection of poems about carrying the ones you love on crutches while forgetting how to walk yourself — from Aisha Abdulhamid

My Family on Crutches
A collection of poems about carrying the ones you love on crutches while forgetting how to walk yourself — from Aisha Abdulhamid