Situation Highlife
by Dami Ajayi I Awe, jaw-slackening awe, was what Iyinolu experienced when he walked into his first Lagos banquet in an old batik shirt, faded denim jeans and a borrowed[…]
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The Sun Pours Libation
By Geosi Gyasi at the burial grounds man confronts the earth and a chthonic power vociferate to the world under; a convocation of elders pick themselves up long[…]
Editorial | Issue #23: African Roar
Emmanuel Sigauke and Ivor W. Hartmann are both prose and poetry writers from Zimbabwe. For a number of years, they have individually contributed to the literary dialogue of their country[…]
Questions for Emmanuel Sigauke
Emmanuel Sigauke is a Zimbabwean writer based in Sacramento , California where he teaches English at Cosumnes River College, and Creative Writing (on a part-time basis). He is the sole[…]
Reincarnation
by Kelechi Njoku Nnanna’s grandfather had died, fifteen years before he was born, of some illness that left him wasted to the bone. At that time there was no photograph[…]
Our Fathers Are Gone
By Ivor W. Hartmann Our fathers are gone Lost to the abysmal sea Swirling in a sargasso of plastic Our mothers are silent Lassitude wreathed And buried them[…]
Questions for Ivor W. Hartmann
Ivor W. Hartmann is a Zimbabwean writer, editor, publisher, visual artist, and author of Mr. Goop (2010). He is also the founder of StoryTime where a number of short stories were selected for inclusion[…]
A Mouse Amongst Men
by Ivor W. Hartmann I came to South Africa to survive, fleeing from the stone-cold house my country Zimbabwe had become. I sit here now and watch the traffic[…]