African Writer Magazine
@AfWriterMag
Fiction. Poetry. Conversations. Essays. Emerging and storied writers. From NJ, USA, since 2004. write(@)http://africanwriter.com. Editor: @nazaokoli
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You should ALL be ashamed of yourselves. Biodun is stressed… Rather than helping her to not be so, you’re here betting money on how long it’ll be before she cracks under the pressure... Bebe and ‘Shèun Ominira-Bluejack | Joy africanwriter.com/bebe-and-sheun…
The light shimmered from beyond the slouching trees. The birds swirled and glided against the fabric of the sky. The leaves swayed and twirled... I walked in search of a bench to catch my breath... Ahmed Nasser | A Fine Day to Flutter Away africanwriter.com/ahmed-nasser-f…
Z, I know you can hear me: i’m gulped by your emptyness. I am swimming in the river of your grief, my body is dragging me close to the shore but I don’t know if it is dragging me to you... Al Ameen Muhammad | Eulogy africanwriter.com/al-ameen-muham…
She had thought leaving meant freedom. But freedom was not forgetting. It was carrying memory, letting it root her no matter how far she traveled... Bodges Mugendi | The Mango Tree africanwriter.com/bodges-mugendi…
At the heart of this collection is the question, how to tell a story? Ipinmoye answers that there are a thousand and one ways to do that; that there exists an inexhaustible depth from which words can be drawn... Ugochukwu Anadi | How To Tell A Story africanwriter.com/ugochukwu-anad…
New year, new publication 🎊 I wrote about the stages of closeness & matrimonial proximity. A study on breaking through the layers of a person, to touch their core & exist sweetly. Check it out on the African Writer Magazine @AfWriterMag africanwriter.com/natasha-w-muha…
He stood by the bar, tall, well-groomed, his shiny-black designer suit perfectly cut. His laugh was deep, easy; the laugh of a man who was sure the world would bend for him if he demanded it... Ben Murigu | Crimson Water africanwriter.com/ben-murigu-cri…
Rip hated my absence and started acting out... Now I was away all day... He took to pulling an item of clothing off the washing line and snuggling up to it until I came home... C. Lewis Rees | Rip; A Love Story africanwriter.com/c-lewis-rees-r… via @AfWriterMag
The Colt .38 tucked in my waistline is hurting my back... I’m biting down on the discomfort. But you don’t know that... Oliha | 17:47 africanwriter.com/oliha-1747/ via @AfWriterMag
At the cliffs of madness, sense sits. My mind crawls through edifices memorising faces and beings. The drums from the sky awaken and the clouds lose the weight they’ve carried... Okolo Chinua | An Awakening of Souls africanwriter.com/okolo-chinua-a… via @AfWriterMag
A quiet grief stitched into words, Of women surviving wars... For the women in Goma..."I Hope She Wears My Skin" africanwriter.com/carolyn-w-gato… via @AfWriterMag 🤝 #poetry #africanwomen
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It had been occurring for weeks now. The ‘haunting’. At first, she’d thought it was all in her head, but she was beginning to refute that. It was weeks after Lanre was buried... Chinedu Herbert Oluwadamilare | Affliction africanwriter.com/chinedu-herber… via @AfWriterMag
“They promised me a mansion, whose bricks are gold Girls with the finest tones and whirls A signet of honour at the king’s court...” Emmanuel Eruemulor | Infantant! africanwriter.com/emmanuel-eruem… via @AfWriterMag
Her father was dead, and here was Benji, wearing his favorite gold and purple Southpark tie, like nothing had happened. And the world continued to turn... Ola Osaze | The Burial africanwriter.com/ola-osaze-the-…
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She received the call from Obi, while she was on the Tube, and she had to hold on to a pole to stay upright. At Tottenham she allowed her body to be buoyed up, carried along by the wave of bodies...
Through miles and miles of potholed savannah, and into dark jungle, we were stopped frequently at makeshift chain roadblocks by partially clad paramilitaries with all kinds of weapons... Lawrence Winkler | Jonah and the Big Blue Whale africanwriter.com/lawrence-winkl…
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i shriek a moon into the space between your thighs. how your back erupts from the bed in volcanic mimicry is indicative of something you've withheld from me... Anthony Ikeh | still water with ifeoluwa africanwriter.com/anthony-ikeh-s… via @AfWriterMag
The air smells of dry dust, musty and thick, carrying hints of hyena, wild dog... Today, there is only the jagged shadow of heat, and me, watching. But there are others. The bush is never dead... Rory Kilalea | A Walk in the Bush at Imire Game Park africanwriter.com/rory-kilalea-a…
They paint God as light, but he’s never the one switching on the bulb at 2 a.m. when the pain keeps her eyes open... She’s in a warzone, and angels stay backstage, shining swords they never swing... Festty2high | Hallway Observations africanwriter.com/festty2high-ha…
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