by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Anne-Sharlene Murapa Johannesburg, South Africa Never Too Much for Anything I have lost count of the number of times that I have read up on the history of my people (the Shona and Ndebele of Zimbabwe), to further understand what my supposed culture could...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Lalitha AR Bengaluru, India Arzu It was the first time eight-year-old Arzu was on an airplane. She had dreamt about taking her first flight with Baba for a long time, but this journey was nothing as her dream. Her Baba wasn’t with her. He had been killed...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Habiba Gicheru Nairobi, Kenya Through this, together The whole season had been tough and nothing seemed to be looking up for the small family. It was the sixth week since the entire country had gone on a lockdown. Gakenia and her friends had been out of their...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Emma Wangari Maina Nairobi Mama’s Wonder Son January 16, 1999, It would help if I began from the beginning. On March 12th, 1986, a bouncing boy opened his eyes, hardly crying. He didn’t notice the jolly faces of the onlookers above him, who held him and...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Nubaira Ahmer Khan Pakistan You only know what others show I was sitting with my friend in the cafeteria of our university. Suddenly we saw a Chinese girl with crystal clear skin eating an oily spring roll. My friend said, in Urdu, “Look at her! How is she...
