by Rohana Edalur | Jul 10, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Anonymous Rwanda “I once heard, we are all different, yet the same. “Diversity, culture, traditions, beliefs, differences, complexity.” These are how we proclaim our differences to others. “What!” She screamed, with her pupils dilated in shock. “You do...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 10, 2025 | Ink Around the World
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...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 10, 2025 | Ink Around the 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,...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 10, 2025 | Ink Around the World
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...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 10, 2025 | Ink Around the World
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...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 10, 2025 | Ink Around the World
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,...
