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Ressens-tu ! Ces vibrations saccadées, Sous les pieds des baobabs de nos aïeux, Qui veillent et protègent nos puînées, Alignées sous la lisière de nos cieux. Entends-tu ! Ces battements des [...]

Umukarago, the highly anticipated literary magazine published by the Rwandan chapter of Writers Space Africa (WSA-R), has finally made its debut, presenting readers with a diverse collection of [...]

Sit with me in the cooking place of youth, while the mortar awaits tender tubers – you know the path to a happy heart before the pestle’s first taste of night. Long have I savoured the open [...]

Cradle of aromas Composer of songs Soothing the intestines Warming the heart Rejuvenating! Resuscitating! African woman Who stirs treasures – Inside my belly; Pots dance To the rhythm Of [...]

They say once the sea casts its spell, it holds one in its net of wonder forever. Pearl wasn’t the only one trapped in this wondrous net, but her excitement outshone that of everyone else. It was [...]

I open my eyes. It’s morning already. I let out a long, widemouthed yawn and stretch, my bones aligning with my movements. I move to the window and pull the curtains apart, letting the brightness [...]

You are the largest redwood tree in the oldest forest in all the land. hot and humid and unpredictable the wild may be, but cool and calm you stand. With a bark too thick to succumb to critique [...]

When their hearts start to pinch And their eyes bleed as their nostrils sing, You will find me in the Fog. When their thrones fall into the fracking pits And rain falls upwards in vengeance, You [...]

“It would rain again,” that, Wemimo was sure of. She hoped her parents in Ilaje were safe. The incessant rain in Ilaje had embraced flooding of its environment. The town had many rivers and the [...]

The pain in my ribs reminded me that I should’ve cared 10 years ago when people protested the clearing of trees to build a new coal factory on the surrounding hills of town because of the [...]