Living for the future

Living for the future

Patrick Kinene Gichuki Kenya Ruiru campus Living for the future   Life works in mysterious ways. Ways we cannot explain. Life has its teeth, but if it’s not your turn to get bit, you’ll just have to continue living. Life was placing me in a corner. As a young lad...
Light

Light

Ayomide Benedicta Lawrence Lagos, Nigeria Light   Her stilettos flew swiftly, landing on my skull. An electronic current passed through my frail body. When she was done, I felt like I was stung all over by scorpions. I watched her shower love on the other...
Unity in Diversity

Unity in Diversity

Anastasia Ugwu Nigeria Unity in Diversity   Olamma sighed for what appeared to be the hundredth time that morning. She hadn’t come to terms with the fact that she’d spend a year at a remote village in Northern Nigeria. She’d heard stories about...
My Little World

My Little World

Priviledge Chisumbu Harare, Zimbabwe My Little World Whenever I came back from college, I felt like a giant. This wasn’t because of my academic achievement. This four-roomed petite maison in the ghetto shrunk whenever I compared it to my exotic designs. Nevertheless,...