Restricted AreaI lick away the blood from the gash on my hand, press harder against the barbed wire fence. Blood. Pain. They help me feel alive. Every day I stand…
Wanjeri Gakuru lives and works in Nairobi. She is a writer, journalist and a familiar face to anyone who has been to a literary festival on the continent. She spoke…
An electrifying thrill radiated down my spine. Vengeance pirouetted in my heart. Two years of meticulous planning! This deception culminated to the intended climax. Nothing seemed more satisfying than musing…
It is a kiss that blows away in the wind: her high heels clip up the train stairs, she looks me in the eye, then the shadow of her arm flung from…
From our ancestors’ first forays through the continent, to the contemporary diaspora spread around the world, people are eternally moving in, out and about the African continent. Not everyone leaves…
Cat Hellisen won the 2015 Short Story Day Africa Prize with her story, "The Worme Bridge". Her latest novel, Beastkeeper, a fairy tale for the loveless, has received high praise in…
Alex Latimer is a respected children's book writer and illustrator and novelist. His short story, 'A Fierce Symmetry', is published in Water: New Short Fiction from Africa. Tiah: Your story, A…
Photo credit: Simone Scholtz Mark Winkler is the author of two novels, An Exceptionally Simple Theory (of Absolutely Everything) and Wasted. His story, 'Ink', took third place in the 2015 Short Story…
The winner of the 2015 Short Story Day Africa Prize for Short Fiction has been announced at the Ake Arts & Book Festival in Nigeria by Prize judge Abubakar Adam…
I AM A MESS I am a messLike a deserted night club:Roaches and butts in ashtrays,Broken beer and whisky bottles,Used condoms,Discarded capsules;Left–overs of binges, orgiesAnd sweet misadventures. Dami Ajayi is one…