More and more recently, we have been hearing in soul crushing details, the narrations of mothers, friends, siblings, and lovers who share with us their griefs on national TV, tears streaming down their eyes. You see, their people, like many …
“For My Father, …and yours, for the losses we mourn publicly and those we don’t.” It has been a difficult year on many fronts, for many people. I am alive to the harsh realities of the world we live in. …
The internet, it can be argued, is where womxn come to express themselves freely, without the direct reprimand and suppression that is a direct repercussion of us even remotely having an opinion in the physical spaces of the patriarchal societies …
A young white missionary woman comes to Uganda with the sole purpose of “helping young Africans.” She goes on to set up a charity organization in order “to promote evangelism, provide welfare for the needy and empower families” where according …
One of my intentions at the beginning of this year was to learn how to slow down and live more in the present. I had just quit a highly toxic job which had taken a toll on my mental and …
Raised on the tenacity of her mother; a God-fearing womxn who held onto the lapels of life and worked tooth and nail to provide for her children, this young womxn holds dear the conviction that it is her mother’s faith …
Kinna Likimani is African literature royalty. The daughter of Ghanaian author Ama Ata Aidoo, she describes herself as a “voracious reader” and her wit and sharp insight shine through everything she touches. Besides working with a parliamentary monitoring organisation to …
Frances Ogamba has made history, appearing on both Writivism shortlists in the same year (No one has ever done this, before now). Frances is on the Writivism Short Story Prize shortlist for her short fiction Ghana Boy, and on the Koffi Addo …
South African writer and Chemical Engineering PhD student, Resoketswe Manenzhe was in Kampala for the Writivism Literary Festival this month. Her story, Maserumo, which would later be announced winner of the Writivism Short Story Prize had made the shortlist. She …
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