Short Stories

She was roused from her slumber by the loud crowing of the rooster. The rowdy rooster was in the other room, which served as an indoor pen, yet it had sounded like it crowed directly into her ear [...]

We moved like a river of broken dreams across the scorched earth, thousands of us fleeing the eastern borders of our homeland. Once proud citizens of Bermuda, now reduced to wanderers in our own [...]

When you were leaving for America, you heard a lot about green cards. You heard about the exhausting stories of how people, especially Africans, use white people to obtain their green cards. And [...]

A soft breeze blew across Utica Avenue, Brooklyn. Windows chattered as they clicked, creating rhythms to the ear. Utica’s old walls, broken tiles, and cracked concrete clearly reflected the lives [...]

We had congregated at our local pub, to sum up the just concluded 2017 general elections, and not everyone seemed to be in a pleasant mood. For the past few days, one could smell the political [...]

Nyogokuru’s house sits on the sun-kissed hills of Nyanza, amidst the blooming jacaranda trees and the humming of birds in the air. I sit on my bed and scribble in my almost-tattered, yet nearly [...]

Aba. 22nd, July, 1998. Papa burnt down Mama’s farm the day we left. It had rained heavily on the night Mama had finally asked for a divorce. She had called me the previous evening, her voice [...]

It had been a tough day for Mutero whose career as the football coach of Tembo High was teetering on the brink of collapse after the humiliating defeat at the hands of Masii High. With a frown on [...]

A small body is impaled on the other side of my broad sword. I watch in horror as the life fades from the little boy’s eyes. His mouth agape, the remnants of a bloodcurdling scream. Hooves [...]

“Maama!” Ssekandi exclaimed. “Denge, come and see.” Deng made his way towards the group. The group comprised three boys and two girls. There were similar groups all around, varying in composition [...]