by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Blessing Temi Jegede Lagos, Nigeria They and Them “Is this how I die?” Ibrahim crouched under the chair at the back of the bus, contemplating this question. He wanted to scream out “Auzubillah!” but was afraid to even breathe for fear...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Shranya Shrivastava India What Makes Us Different? “Are you learning this for someone?”, my great-grandfather, Bade Dadu, would ask my father when he found him studying English. As if language wasn’t for understanding the world, but a friend. I was...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Utere Naomi Vincent Nigeria You never know Idara was at the bar, drinking away the humiliation of being sent out of her best friend’s wedding, when someone tapped her on the shoulder. She glared, turning only to find her best friend looking down at her with...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Precious Chidinma Genuine Nigeria Becoming tonga My name is Diongo, and I’m from Dante, a little village where I live with my parents and little sister, Ubibia. Life in my village is not really interesting. We don’t have any fanciful places to visit, and the...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Akshita Kanna United Arab Emirates Bridging the Gap with Humanity This is a story of the times when the only language of humans was kindness and honesty, when people identified each other only as humans and fellow individuals. When there were no lines of...
