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The Mother Whenever Ekwutosi carries her child to the market, she lifts her face up to the sky as if she is sniffing God as she walks. It is her…More
The world wants to know more about Africa. These are calls for penetrative essays from writers all over the world on our struggles with climate change, ancestral ties and more.…More
Book: The Girl With the Louding VoiceAuthor: Abi DarePages: 384Publisher: DuttonReviewer: Haneefah Bello Abi Dare’s debut novel is a crisp, brilliant account of a fourteen year old girl’s struggle against…More
So many times I have tried to kill myself. Not like I really wanted to, like people do these days, but some of the things I did almost cost me…More
Daily news of the still ravaging COVID-19 global pandemic can make your mind restless. Loosen up this summer. Meet new magazines rooting for young adult poets and writers and get…More
1.So here you are, seated on the poorly cemented floor with your back against the itchy wall in this small room that shouldn’t even be for the living. Wet in…More
The choristers chorus the hallelujah song by Handel Messiah, so euphoniously. Sitting at the edge of a long, brown pew in church, your gaze lingers on him. He is the…More
Sometimes, you barely feel it breathe, though it fills out the breadth of your being. Other times, it’s merely a voice in your ears; calling, clanging, clutching the faith in…More
There’s been massive support towards Black writers these past few months with more literary magazines accepting submissions from Black women writers across the spectrum. Our stories matter, Black lives matter.-Oprah…More
The Little Girl in the mosque On April 29, 2020, I experienced a revelational shift on the profundity of our fragility. I woke up that morning thinking I had to…More