Ciku Kimeria lives and works in Kenya as a writer, travel blogger and as a consultant on international development issues. She loves people, writing, learning different languages, and cultural exchanges.Her…
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…
Short Story Day Africa presents the cover of Water: New Short Fiction from Africa. Nick Mulgrew – the designer – had this to say:“When asked to put together the cover for…
Nadia Davids' creative voice can be found on film, in the theatre and between the pages of her novel, An Imperfect Blessing. SSDA caught up with her to find out…
photo credit Warren Rasmussen Paige Nick is the hugely successful novelist behind a secret corner of Facebook where readers love to hide during tea breaks. Tiah spoke to her about the…