What Sweden Did

What Sweden Did

Audrey Obuobisa-Darko Ghana What Sweden Did   9 p.m., May 6th. Forehead kiss from Ma, sad goodbyes, and my final departure to a land far from home.   “Freezing!” “Welcome to Sweden,” Göran laughed. I met other writers on the African Literature Project; Mercy...
I Heard A Rumour

I Heard A Rumour

Omotara Akinsowon Lagos, Nigeria. I Heard A Rumour   Sheila walked down her street, dragging her feet along with a distraught look on her face. Why had she not studied more for her English test?   Possibly because her parent’s late-night yelling had...
Different

Different

Riham El-Ashry Egypt Different   Students ran down the lobby; some were laughing and some excited to witness a fight. It would be the first this year.   “Milton got the new boy in a corner. He’s dead,” one whispered to his shorter friend,...
The Montessori, The Way to Save Our Future

The Montessori, The Way to Save Our Future

Ganiu Adigun Idris Nigeria The Montessori, The Way to Save Our Future   Climate change and the possible catastrophe that might befall us, echoes fear in our minds. The talk of flooding in Lagos Island hurts. Like we deserve to take back our garbage from these...
When Tribes Don’t Matter

When Tribes Don’t Matter

Olufemi Opeyemi Grace Ondo State, Nigeria When Tribes Don’t Matter   It was a hot day, and I was reading a novel when a knock interrupted. I checked, it was a Fulani boy– one of the shepherds who pass through farms and forests, leading cows to graze. As a...