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...
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...
