Catch up on previous chapters HERE Twenty-four year old Toni paid attention to the gossip that was coming from the next table. Three girls sat over meals of jollof rice, beans, plantains and plain vegetable salads. They were girls Toni disliked... Read More
THE FOURTH FINGER – 3
Catch up on previous chapters HERE She saw his Facebook friend request on Christmas Day while she was in bed, smoking a cigarette, wondering what she would have for breakfast. “Andre Fabrice Kouassi,” she read out, the names came out in a... Read More
Ni’gba ti a kolu rawa (when we collide) by Eziafakaego Brenda Nwafor
Let your hands cup these mounds Filled with longing and desire Fueled by absence and need Let your fingers crawl on this skin As a tourist on a vacation site For my body is a country Traverse, be lost I will find you Let your eyes through... Read More
What a mirror I am?
by Ridwan Atolagbe A piece of a broken reflection Slaving under the unattractiveness of the sun What a halt to the insensitiveness of the mind? Drown in the sea of its own uncertain thoughts My look with an assertive pride What a... Read More
700+ pages of heartwarming African holiday romance!
Twenty authors of African Descent come together this season to share romantic stories of love awakened, renewed, and forgotten. These authors live across the globe and include bestsellers and emerging writers. Featuring clean romance, hot sexy... Read More
Pretense by Ruth Eluagwule (Amama)
He came with pretense, Claiming to be what he's not, His speech and actions incongruent, Like a very corky predator, He waited till he got the opportunity to pounce on his prey. She was as innocent as a child, With a clear mind, Without a doubt... Read More
Under My Smile by Adediran Olusade
In my spooky clumsy closet Lies the dull sulky puppet Towing the wanderland Watching the whirlwind As it brushes on the face, nostalgia And cuts the mind with the soggy idea Under my smile Is the bud that tastes bile Locking up the biting... Read More
The Cosmos by Emmanuel Oluwatobiloba (Emmie_Bhorbe)
The Cosmos is a beautiful place As beautiful as it is, there are toils we face Every passing day, we strive to be better And also try to get stronger When push comes to shove, family and friends turn strangers While strangers become... Read More
Dried Roses by Claire Eze
There’s this thing everyone in Lagos is acquainted with, something whose only job is to provoke. It stares you in the face with empty eyes giving no care to your social status, your health problems, or your efforts to revoke your financial... Read More