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We are accepting submissions. The Kalahari Review welcomes exceptional fiction, essays, poetry, photography, and art. Feel free to submit your work at any time. It's your place to showcase your talent!
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Check out this great Substack from Itunu Taiwo -
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BuildToBloom | Itunu Taiwo | Substack
Blooming🌱. Click to read BuildToBloom, by Itunu Taiwo, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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The Weight Of Soil The story of a Nigerian-Canadian woman returns home to uncover her mother’s history and her own sense of belonging — by Itunu Taiwo
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The Weight Of Soil
The story of a Nigerian-Canadian woman returns home to uncover her mother’s history and her own sense of belonging — by Itunu Taiwo
https://t.ly/2mJ3e
4 days ago
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I Fear Development Poems mourning small lives, fading light, and what development quietly destroys — from Malawian Blessings Mwahimba
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I Fear Development
Poems mourning small lives, fading light, and what development quietly destroys — from Malawian Blessings Mwahimba
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4 days ago
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A Know-Not What Three poems that articulate a preoccupation with resilience, truth, and fragility— from Uka Nwafor
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A Know-Not What
Three poems that articulate a preoccupation with resilience, truth, and fragility— from Uka Nwafor
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5 days ago
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As Caged As Curiosity A photo essay on the Nigerian education system by Chibuihe-Light Obi
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As Caged As Curiosity
A photo essay on the Nigerian education system by Chibuihe-Light Obi
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6 days ago
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Grief in Monochrome A stark collection of photographs from Philip Chijioke Abonyi
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Grief in Monochrome
A stark collection of photographs from Philip Chijioke Abonyi
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6 days ago
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The Kalahari Review is accepting submissions of photography collections - street photography, conceptual, portraits, landscapes, fashion - show how you capture the beauty of African life. We are very excited to see your work. See submission guidelines here -
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Accra City Blues A photographic study of the colours of the city of Accra - from Moshood
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Accra City Blues
A photographic study of the city of Accra from Moshood
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7 days ago
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Familiar Strangers Beautiful candid portraits from Nigerian streets — by Oghenekevbe Egume
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Familiar Strangers
Beautiful candid portraits from Nigerian streets — by Oghenekevbe Egume
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7 days ago
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Weathering On A stunning collection of photographs looking at rain in urban Nigeria from Peter Nwadike
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Weathering On
A stunning collection of photographs looking at rain in urban Nigeria from Peter Nwadike
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7 days ago
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Monna O Montsho A powerful collection of photographs from Motswana Thero Makepe
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Monna O Montsho
A powerful collection of photographs from Motswana Thero Makepe
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Mom’s Personal God New fiction from Ejike Aneke
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Mom’s Personal God
New fiction from Ejike Aneke
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7 days ago
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Let Me Be As I Am Voices of resistance, whispers of the heart — poems about love, identity, and rising strong — from Thomas Mashala
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Let Me Be As I Am
Voices of resistance, whispers of the heart — poems about love, identity, and rising strong — from Thomas Mashala
https://t.ly/aAa2z
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The Felling Three poems on the ache of emotional estrangement, self-acceptance and forbidden desire — from Temitayo Makinde
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The Felling
Three poems on the ache of emotional estrangement, self-acceptance and forbidden desire — from Temitayo Makinde
https://kalaharireview.com/the-felling-1d5afddf5b13
11 days ago
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An essay for your weekend reading -
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What They Don’t Tell You Before Marriage
An essay on the changing realities of modern relationships — Valerie Tendai Chatindo
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14 days ago
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Harare Review of Books
14 days ago
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore x Char Adams
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Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore x Char Adams
304 pp. November 4, 2025, Tiny Reparations Books. Non-fiction. Adams tells the long history of Black bookstores beginning with the first known one, that of activist abolitionist David Ruggles, opened in 1834 in New York City and always beset by trouble from racists. Ruggles made it a place where Black people gathered for community and education. He had a printing press, and produced pamphlets for distribution.
http://hararereview.com/2026/02/21/black-owned-the-revolutionary-life-of-the-black-bookstore-x-char-adams/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Texas Monthly
15 days ago
The low-budget indie that launched the careers of Wes Anderson and Luke and Owen Wilson wasn’t a hit, but it’s a Texas classic. Celebrating 30 years of 'Bottle Rocket':
https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/bottle-rocket-turns-30-wes-anderson-owen-wilson/
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The Low-Budget Indie That Launched Three Big Careers Turns 30
‘Bottle Rocket,' the directorial debut from Wes Anderson that starred brothers Luke and Owen Wilson, wasn't a hit at first, but it's now a Texas classic.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/bottle-rocket-turns-30-wes-anderson-owen-wilson/
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What They Don’t Tell You Before Marriage An essay on the changing realities of modern relationships — Valerie Tendai Chatindo
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What They Don’t Tell You Before Marriage
An essay on the changing realities of modern relationships — Valerie Tendai Chatindo
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15 days ago
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Cecee Holds Back The Sea A wee story about how encouragement matters — from South African Shannon Kenny
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Cecee Holds Back The Sea
A wee story about how encouragement matters — from South African Shannon Kenny
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We are accepting submissions. The Kalahari Review welcomes exceptional fiction, essays, poetry, photography, and art. Feel free to submit your work at any time. It's your place to showcase your talent!
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Mom’s Personal God New fiction from Ejike Aneke
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Mom’s Personal God
New fiction from Ejike Aneke
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16 days ago
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We are accepting submissions. The Kalahari Review welcomes exceptional fiction, essays, poetry, photography, and art. Feel free to submit your work at any time. It's your place to showcase your talent!
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We are accepting submissions. The Kalahari Review welcomes exceptional fiction, essays, poetry, photography, and art. Feel free to submit your work at any time. It's your place to showcase your talent!
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Clean Rooms, Quiet Ghosts The story of a home where nothing moves, the past refuses to stay still — by Kenyan writer Bodges
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Clean Rooms, Quiet Ghosts
The story of a home where nothing moves, the past refuses to stay still — by Kenyan writer Bodges
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To All the Books I’ve Loved Before Part one of Nixon Mateulah's personal essay about his love of books
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To All the Books I’ve Loved Before
Part one of Nixon Mateulah's personal essay about his love of books
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What They Don’t Tell You Before Marriage An essay on the changing realities of modern relationships — Valerie Tendai Chatindo
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What They Don’t Tell You Before Marriage
An essay on the changing realities of modern relationships — Valerie Tendai Chatindo
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18 days ago
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Cecee Holds Back The Sea A wee story about how encouragement matters — from South African
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18 days ago
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Silenced Two poems on identity, survival and self-discovery — from Mistura Temilola Hassan
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Silenced
Two poems on identity, survival and self-discovery — from Mistura Temilola Hassan
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19 days ago
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Clean rooms, Quiet Ghosts The story of a home where nothing moves, the past refuses to stay still — by Kenyan writer Bodges
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Clean rooms, Quiet Ghosts
The story of a home where nothing moves, the past refuses to stay still — by Kenyan writer Bodges
https://t.ly/-gSO6
19 days ago
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The Road to On The Road: A Journey, A Bibliography To celebrate the centenary year of the writer, Jack Kerouac, a personal essay from South African Simphiwe Mpho Zondani
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The Road to On The Road: A Journey, A Bibliography
To celebrate the centenary year of the writer, Jack Kerouac, a personal essay from South African Simphiwe Mpho Zondani
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20 days ago
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Am I Supposed to Feel Something? An essay about how assault reshapes intimacy, memory, and the body’s responses — from Kenyan Ker Engede
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Am I Supposed to Feel Something?
An essay about how assault reshapes intimacy, memory, and the body’s responses — from Kenyan Ker Engede
https://t.ly/YnoI4
20 days ago
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When Mothers Go Crazy An essay about the realities of life after birth, surviving postpartum depression, and navigating motherhood — from Ayomide Ruth Taiwo
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21 days ago
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Child of Anxiety Three poems from Nigerian Chigozie Precious Nneka
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Child of Anxiety
Three poems from Nigerian Chigozie Precious Nneka
https://kalaharireview.com/child-of-anxiety-58ea6be39cec
21 days ago
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Mom’s Personal God New fiction from Ejike Aneke
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21 days ago
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What new publications came onto the African Literary scene in 2025/2026? What wonderful things are they up to? Who is getting ready to launch? Who needs help getting the word out for submissions or a new issue? Who can we help build up? Please tag them and let us know!
24 days ago
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Their Influence A story about stories that does not have a happy ending, and what happens to those who never recover — by Edima Uyo
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https://kalaharireview.com/their-influence-b96c1d473ec7
24 days ago
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Child of Anxiety Three poems from Nigerian Chigozie Precious Nneka
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Child of Anxiety
Three poems from Nigerian Chigozie Precious Nneka
https://kalaharireview.com/child-of-anxiety-58ea6be39cec
25 days ago
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To All the Books I’ve Loved Before Part one of Nixon Mateulah's personal essay about his love of books
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25 days ago
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Their Influence A story about stories that does not have a happy ending, and what happens to those who never recover — by Edima Uyo
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26 days ago
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This Sofa Between Us A tale about coupling: the intricacies, the joys, and woes of modern African marriages — from Ben Murigu
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This Sofa Between Us
A tale about coupling: the intricacies, the joys, and woes of modern African marriages — from Ben Murigu
https://kalaharireview.com/this-sofa-between-us-e85fc8338286
27 days ago
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@authorizedmusings.bsky.social is a genius ninja!
add a skeleton here at some point
27 days ago
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Wole Talabi
28 days ago
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "The simulation is running now."
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Lost Dogs A story about maltreatment and misfits in South Africa’s current climate — from South African Carla Chait
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Lost Dogs
A story about maltreatment and misfits in South Africa’s current climate — from South African Carla Chait
https://kalaharireview.com/lost-dog-3bf187ba8aef
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The New Yorker
30 days ago
Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post to be its savior. Instead, he’s the man presiding over its decline,
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How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post
The Amazon founder bought the paper to save it. Instead, with a mass layoff, he’s forced it into severe decline.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/v-gXaw
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To The Stranger Who Translated The Writing Workshop The letter is addressed to a stranger who translated a writer’s workshop that had people from diverse backgrounds eager to reimagine Africa to a better place — from Kenyan Marion Munywoki
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To The Stranger Who Translated The Writing Workshop
The letter is addressed to a stranger who translated a writer’s workshop that had people from diverse backgrounds eager to reimagine Africa…
https://medium.com/the-kalahari-review/to-the-stranger-who-translated-the-writing-workshop-235b4f6c6035
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Am I Supposed to Feel Something? An essay about how assault reshapes intimacy, memory, and the body’s responses — from Kenyan Ker Engede
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about 1 month ago
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Out Of The Shanties The story of a banished boy fighting for his murdered mother — from Kenyan Peter Theuri
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Out Of The Shanties
The story of a banished boy fighting for his murdered mother — from Kenyan Peter Theuri
https://medium.com/the-kalahari-review/out-of-the-shanties-f9735bbd91b5
about 1 month ago
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When Mothers Go Crazy An essay about the realities of life after birth, surviving postpartum depression, and navigating motherhood — from Ayomide Ruth Taiwo
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When Mothers Go Crazy
An essay about the realities of life after birth, surviving postpartum depression, and navigating motherhood — from Ayomide Ruth Taiwo
https://medium.com/the-kalahari-review/when-mothers-go-crazy-0624107544ec
about 1 month ago
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Bus Wahala A short story reflecting on sensitive topics such as feminism and weight in the light of a regular Nigerian — by PK Abiodun
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Bus Wahala
A short story reflecting sensitive topics such as feminism and weight in the light of a regular Nigerian — by PK Abiodun
https://kalaharireview.com/bus-wahala-a2500ed95b80
about 1 month ago
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Who are the new publications that came onto the African Literary scene in 2025 and at the start of this year? Who are our brothers and sisters in arms? What wonderful things are you guys up to? Who is getting ready to launch and needs help getting the word out for submissions? Let us know!
about 1 month ago
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