Category: Non-Fiction

SIZZLING REFLECTIONS AND PENNYWISE THOUGHTS

Non-Fiction by Charlotte Derby There is a longing in the heart that burns bright and cannot wait to be satisfied. It takes only a foretaste of reality to disclose how fragile, that longing can be. A typical example is the zeal to seek greener pastures. The white man’s land is...

COMING OF AGE

Non-Fiction by Adjeiwaa A-Adem Those first few years are but a blur. Your every need provided, your every wish their command. Everyone coos over you, and while you may do things wrong a lot of the time, no one holds it against you. When you're sad, everyone wants to know why....

Riding with the Witches

Non-Fiction by Augustine Onyechi Riding with the Witches – Augustine Onyechi I grab my phone and type out the words “sleep paralysis” on the Google search bar. I have recurring dreams that feel like a real-life, physical struggle with demons. I’m trawling the internet for an explanation for this phenomenon...

Adult Ward

Non-Fiction by Ernestina Edem Azah Adult Ward. 1 As I walk to work I meet a lot of children. They have created a stream of green and white on the main road to the clinic. They have closed from school and are making their way home. Their noisy chatter and...

Bright Ackwerh & Wanlov: the perfect union

By Ama Asantewa Diaka Bio Bright Ackwerh (born 1989) is an artist from Ghana. He is the product of the art faculty at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and technology where he earned a BFA and MFA in painting and sculpture. His practice is situated in the fields of...

The Bed-table

Non-Fiction by Nikitta Adjirakor It begins with your back inching further up the bed that is inexplicably called a table. The examination table. The bed-table. There you are half naked, shivering, tense and staring fearfully at the doctor as he approaches you. His hands are cold, startlingly, like the metal...