Two Poems by Hana Jiang

A Well Billion years hiding deep Unstopped, unshaped, unformed Unceasingly, persistently infiltrated It flows underneath The cracks the blood … More

Two Poems by Bharti Bansal

Animals in love It starts with a tiny realisation of adulthood that everything around us is a tapestry of failedefforts … More

Let Napolo Return—and Return She Must William Khalipwina Mpina I I spit invisible flames. They do not see it. Here … More

The aftermath of war can be very disturbing, so much that it triggers a lot of negative happenings, things that … More

1. One early evening, a little greyish dog appeared in my sight. It sniffed along the path and stopped at … More

The Break-Out Boy I am a break-out boy, baby, With no mountain in my hair, No junks in my feet. … More

Kenyan Poet Cynthia Abdallah writes a poetic memoir When Rivers Say Goodbye, reviewed by Mbizo Chirasha This is a pre-publication … More

The Other Side Life dropped meinto the middle of a great lakeTo swim or to sink?I wasn’t sure Every movement … More

*** my eyes — no longer eyes but stars finely scattered across the sky my skin — no longer skin … More

Bible for Applicants As an applicant in Lagos, one of the first things that must be seen in you is … More