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Mine is a minuscule painting, One so perfectly vanished on canvas With impeccable natural lighting. Something I often forget When painting a second, a day, a year. I collect so much moisture and [...]

Decades ago, our essence was termed folly; Like a python, we were designed to swallow another’s heritage, Regarded as cousins to apes, And our languages crafted and refined only to be erased. [...]

Aching bones and fading goals Fainting knees and weeping lips Forms, overburdened by affliction’s kiss And we laid still, like a silent wind. Then, In all honor and humility notwithstanding His [...]

This evening, Maria watches her daughter like a hawk watching its prey. As Nene plays with other kids, fear tightens her chest like a rope, making it harder and harder to breathe. Despite the [...]

Land of thousand hills stand as the Pole star Nourishing her people with kings’ wine – nectar Flora and fauna savours Lake Kivu’s splendor When Rwanda breathes, Africa smells splendor With rich [...]

Sally swayed from the weight of her khaki backpack. News of gorillas in the land of a thousand hills had left her gazing at the sky’s lamps for a fortnight. Now standing in the heart of Africa, [...]

Once upon a time in Ilai-kom, the seat of the Kom Fondom, Foin Njinabo sits with his family at night to pass on the wisdom of sages who came before him and to ponder life’s big questions. One [...]

With cheeks raised above the moon, her eyes squinted slightly… Flint and steel in her hand, the roaring blaze came alive; Revealing through its sight, her beautiful scars. Perfectly sunken jaws [...]

Step into the enchanting realm of the Writers Space Africa (WSA) Literary Magazine, where I had the privilege of engaging in an inspiring conversation with Autricia Timti, an exceptional [...]

Under the moonlit sky she parted her hair, Bamboo brush in her hand, trying to redesign the “mess” A few strands desecrated the cozy air, But it is “Afro”, what do you expect? Around the bonfire [...]