A Letter to Nanna

Mounia MnouerJune 10, 2020

A Letter to Nanna: my grandmother who died the year I was born written by: Mounia Mnouer   Dear Nanna, I never met you. I never hugged you. My fathe...

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Kissing Teeth

Nick GerrardMay 27, 2020

Kissing Teeth written by: Nick Gerrard   Mandala walked home along the shore, his bare feet tickling the lap of the gentle waves. The sun still stood ...

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Our African Grandmother

Vineetha MekkothMay 6, 2020

Our African Grandmother written by: Vineetha Mekkoth   This teacup of mine, I like It’s black with a red inside I love to pour my tea and watch the ...

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Humanity’s Common Enemy

Androvish Berrian alias Poetic PhilosopherApril 30, 2020

Humanity's Common Enemy written by: Androvish Berrian   The news came so sudden, who would have believed that a common enemy would rise up to threaten s...

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The Indigenous Stranger

Mounia MnouerApril 21, 2020

The Indigenous Stranger written by: Mounia Mnouer   When you want to breathe, but can’t find your breath When you want to smile, but can’t find your mu...

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Free Verse 2

Mubangizi EmmyApril 15, 2020

Free Verse 2 written by: Mubangizi Emmy   The songs we sang in the rain The cold green hills The hailstorm The dust and the seasons The herd and flo...

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The Dilemma of an African Child

Eduardo De BoscoMarch 28, 2020

The Dilemma of an African Child written by: Eduardo de Bosco   - You want to know me ? I am kissed by poverty at birth Our golden sun produces gol...

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M.A.L.A.W.I.

Gertrude KadzuwaMarch 25, 2020

M.A.L.A.W.I. written by: Gertrude Kadzuwa   You are a Marble of peace An attitude of resilience the contrariness, harmony’s Backbone of harmony neve...

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Children of Sankara

Mbizo ChirashaMarch 20, 2020

Children of Sankara written by: Mbizo Chirasha   Children of Sankara! Bathing in the river of salt, poetry, and song Beautiful children of a fat revo...

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The Big Fish

John H PatersonMarch 15, 2020

The Big Fish written by: John H Paterson @j_paterson   Have you ever heard of Benin? It’s a little country in West Africa about the size of Pennsylva...

EnglishLiterature14 min read

The Nation – Nigeria

Charles DavidJanuary 30, 2020

The Nation - Nigeria written by: Charles David   Green Eden with rushing rivers and eternal, her birth, Fed peace-loving acme by virtue of heroes pas...

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Encounter with an African Goddess

RhymeRulaAugust 29, 2019

 Encounter with an African Goddess written by: RhymeRula @IamtheRhymeRula   The sky ebbed and flowed Curious winds centered my focus Feebl...

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Lost Cities

Mbizo ChirashaAugust 2, 2019

Lost Cities written by: Mbizo Chirasha   In the acoustics of the revolution Hit songs of true and false comrades Demons and crocodiles climb up politi...

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Watercourses

Aurora KastaniasJuly 3, 2019

Watercourses written by: Aurora Kastanias   Primeval drops concealed in meteorites cascading on a coagulating planet where temperatures dove, just e...

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