Sola OsofisanWebmasters, bloggers and editors of literary websites are usually behind the scenes operators, quietly refreshing web pages, writing and keeping the Internet going with new content. AfricanWriter.com is conducting a series of occasional...
The flyer I read on Twitter promised the event slated for Feb. 15, 2017 would feature some of the most recognisable names in contemporary African writing, all under a roof at the same time: EC Osondu, author of This House is not for Sale; Chinelo...
E.C. Osondu is the author of Voice of America and This House is not for Sale. His works have been featured in acclaimed journals such as AGNI, The Atlantic, and Guernica, and he has edited/co-edited poetry collections and special literary journal...
TOTEMS AND THUNDERBOLTS Tamuno, the dogs in the neighborhood cringe from the tentacles of daytime shadows, and their tail-tucked-between-legs howl probe the secret courtyards of night; gargoyles greying in the frozen grip of the executioner. The...
Ali Znaidi is a widely anthologised writer. A Tunisian who writes poetry and fiction primarily in English, his works have appeared in a diverse selection of physical and online books and journals. He is the author of multiple chapbooks, including...
Wesley Macheso teaches Creative Writing and Literature at Mzuzu University, Malawi. A writer of short stories and essays, his stories have been featured on Storymoja, The Kalahari Review and Africanwriter.com. He was long-listed for the 2015 Short...
Abenea Ndago is the author of several short stories, many published here on Africanwriter.com. A prolific, committed writer, he has a bubbling intelligence and passion for knowledge evident in his fiction. He earned a first degree in Linguistics and...
Naipanoi Lepapa is a journalist and poet. Her evolving poetry is suffused with passion, self-exploration and a kind of truth; raw depths only the gifted among us dare to plumb. Lepapa has inner conflicts and pain that she is unafraid to tap into in...
Webmasters, bloggers and editors of literary websites are usually behind the scenes operators, quietly refreshing web pages, writing and keeping the Internet going with new content. AfricanWriter.com is conducting a series of occasional...
Nuzo Onoh is the author of The Reluctant Dead (Canaan-Star, 2014), a well-received debut collection of ghost stories. This year, she followed that effort with Unhallowed Graves, three novellas spawned in the depths of darkness solely to haunt your...
SHALLOW GRAVES Cemetery songs scrape the mind stealing like spiritual worms past our fences through our defenses into the brain where they rape the space The ghosts of every day haunt our gates and the graveyard of unpaved pathways creep up on the...
Webmasters, bloggers and editors of literary websites are usually behind the scenes operators, quietly refreshing web pages, writing and keeping the Internet going with new content. AfricanWriter.com is conducting a series of occasional...
