This weekend, get caught up in "The Sack", Namwali Serpell's 2015 Caine Prize-winning story. Zoë Wicomb, head of the judging panel, that year called it, "formally innovative, stylistically stunning, haunting and…
Namwali Serpell's creative work plays fast and loose with genre, making her popular with readers piqued by the unexpected. SSDA teamster, Efemia Chela got a sneak peek of the Zambian…
Perigee was first published in the NIHSS award-winning, 2014 Short.Sharp.Stories Anthology, Adults Only. The story is about youth, sex and losing. Its title refers to the stage in the moon's…
Efemia Chela is an Editor for Parrésia and Content Creator for Short Story Day Africa. After being grilled by Efemia last week, Helen Moffett had an opportunity for revenge. She…
There is no shortage of people to teach you how to write, who want to teach you how to write - a WikiHow article, your primary school teacher, a dying…