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Short Story by Dexta Zvicha (Zimbabwe/USA)
Dexter Zvicha is a fiction writer and political nerd. He is an MA and MPA graduate of the University of Delaware. He is interested in exploring the wild, grotesque and beautiful through poetry and...
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Hurukuro: Tinashe Muchuri Anozeya Nhetembo naLinda Gabriel
Linda Gabriel Madzimai paanonyora nhetembo dzerudo vanenge vanonetseka kunyora vachinyatsobudisa zvavanonzwa kana vapinda murudo. Memory Chirere anovapa mhosva yekunyora pane imwe nguva savarume kwete...
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Elliot Ziwira Reviews Kutyauripo’s ‘Museve Usingapotse’
Crymio Kutyauripo Kutyauripo, the Custodian of Shona Cultural Values CHINUA Achebe writes in “African Writers Talking” (1972:7) that: “. . . what I think a novelist can teach is something very...
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Short story by Vidya Panicker (India)
Vidya Panicker, a writer from Kerala, India has her poems, stories and translations published or upcoming in journals and magazines including The Feminist Review, Muse India, Himal South Asian, East...
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New Poems by Ralph Monday (USA)
Ralph Monday is an Associate Professor of English at Roane State Community College in Harriman, TN., where he teaches composition, literature, and creative writing courses. He has been published...
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Smile Dube Reviews Benjamin Sibanda’s ‘When Freedom Came’
Economics professor Smile Dube reviews Benjamin Sibanda’s debut novel When Freedom Came, which is set in Zimbabwe after 1980. Starting in the 1970s, when young university students left the then...
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Naomi Benaron Reviews ‘This House Is Not For Sale’ by E.C. Osondu
Take a collection of colorful, madcap characters linked by a Family House and the despotic grandfather, part god, part politician, and part semi-benevolent dictator, who rules the house. Add a rich...
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My Experience at the 2015 Caine Prize Writers Workshop in Ghana by Nkiacha...
Photo credit: Caine Prize I was one of the participants of the 2015 Caine Prize Writers Workshop, held in Elmina, a picturesque coastal town in Ghana, from April 6 to 19. I travelled from Douala on...
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African Literary Prizes, Legitimacy, and the non-African Gaze by Bwandugi...
Every year the African continent holds its breath as we wait for the announcement. We’ve blogged the stories, Googled the authors, engaged in furious debate about the style of writing, about the story,...
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Pemi Aguda Wins the 2015 Writivism Short Story Prize
The results are out, and the winning story, “Caterer, Caterer”, is by Nigerian writer Pemi Aguda. The story, along with four others shortlisted for the Prize, is published here. Pemi Aguda writes...
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New Poetry by Matt Prater (USA)
Matt Prater is a poet and writer from Saltville, VA (US). His work has appeared in journals throughout his native Appalachia, including in Appalachian Heritage, Appalachian Journal, drafthorse, Floyd...
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The Informant by Judith Joubert (SA)
Judith grew up in Polokwane, South Africa. She lived in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe for two years before moving back to her hometown in 1994. She worked as a proofreader at a newspaper printing company and has...
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New Fiction by Bongani Sibanda (Zimbabwe)
photo source: Weaver Press In the fiction section, we present a new short story by Bongani Sibanda, entitled “The Preventer of Disasters“. Bongani is a Zimbabwean writer based in Johannesburg, South...
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The Bang by Refiloe Mabejane (Lesotho)
Refiloe Mabejane (née Letokoto) is a writer based in Maseru, Lesotho. A writer of mainly poetry and creative non-fiction in the past, she recently branched into fiction. Refiloe decided to pursue...
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Author Profile: Gloria D. Gonsalves
Gloria D. Gonsalves (Gonsalves is both her maiden name and her pen name) writes with a passion for making a positive difference in the lives of every person who reads what she writes and in the lives...
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New Shona Story by Idzai Iris Mushayabasa
Born in Masvingo Province in Mwenezi District, Idzai Iris Mushayabasa holds a Bachelor of Arts General Degree (English and Linguistics) from the University of Zimbabwe and has taught at Vurasha...
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New Fiction by Pemi Aguda (Nigeria)
Pemi Photo by Tolu Talabi Pemi Aguda writes short stories and flash fiction. We have published her before, and now she returns with another touching story entitled “Help Jimi Help Himself”. Her...
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Weaver Press Launches New Short Story Anthology, by Beaven Tapureta
HARARE, ZIMBABWE: Weaver Press has launched a new short story anthology entitled Writing Mystery and Mayhem. This is a genre collection which features mystery stories by twelve writers, one of whom...
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Taka, a short story by Lennon Mhishi
Here is a new short story by Lennon Mhishi, a Zimbabwean-born being currently residing in London. You came to me, hair filled with wood dust and fragments of wood shavings, and those smells...
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Short fiction by Nhlanhla Junior Ngulube (South Africa)
Nhlanhla Junior Ngulube says of himself: “My name is Nhlanhla Junior Ngulube. I was born in Zimbabwe, raised in Johannesburg, and now live in China where I am pursuing my Masters degree. I hold an...
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