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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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Weeds New fiction from Primrose Dzenga
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The Things Silence Carries Three poems on inheritance, silence, and faith through Ghanaian trotros — from McLord Selas
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The Things Silence Carries
Three poems on inheritance, silence, and faith through Ghanaian trotros — from McLord Selas
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10 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 African life. We are very excited to see your work. See submission guidelines here -
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First People of the Kalahari A poem from Zimbabwean John Mhongovoyo
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First People of the Kalahari
First People of the Kalahari A poem from Zimbabwean John Mhongovoyo I have no totem And probably no name. Born by another child on the fringes Of our ancestral lands I grew like a weed but do not …
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Mopane Worms Two poems from Sarah J. Pridgeon
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Mopane Worms
Two poems from Sarah J. Pridgeon
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11 days ago
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Beyond Perserverance For Batswana Serupo Tauyagae and Banabotlhe Koobatile, it is never too late to continue your education — from Phidson Mojokeri
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11 days ago
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On Why Men Need Personalities & My Dating Quest An essay delves into why men need to be interesting personalities when it comes to dating and relationships — Valerie Tendai Chatindo
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On Why Men Need Personalities & My Dating Quest
An essay delves into why men need to be interesting personalities when it comes to dating and relationships — Valerie Tendai Chatindo
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12 days ago
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If You Live in a Roadside House Two poems portraying the noisy grip of communal spaces and the aftermath of outgrowing care — from Imole Olusanya
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If You Live in a Roadside House
Two poems portraying the noisy grip of communal spaces and the aftermath of outgrowing care — from Imole Olusanya
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14 days ago
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God is a Woman A story on ‎God is a woman with calloused palms who labored the world into being — by Adwoah Nyarko
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God is a Woman
A story on ‎God is a woman with calloused palms who labored the world into being — by Adwoah Nyarko
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14 days ago
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Fences and Old Lenses A story about a longing for a simpler past and a quiet acceptance that it is lost forever — from Henrietta Lehi
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Fences and Old Lenses
A story about a longing for a simpler past and a quiet acceptance that it is lost forever — from Henrietta Lehi
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16 days ago
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Moving & Apart Two poems exploring the fractures of modern life and the resilience of human hearts — from Felicitas Offorjamah
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Moving & Apart
Two poems exploring the fractures of modern life and the resilience of human hearts — from Felicitas Offorjamah
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16 days ago
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Chapter 4: The Red Door The newest instalment of Mpukane: The Fly Who Chased Truth from Julius Nhlanganiso Mqosini
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Chapter 4: The Red Door
The newest instalment of Mpukane: The Fly Who Chased Truth from Julius Nhlanganiso Mqosini
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17 days ago
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I Love You, I am Sorry A dystopian story about youth resistance in a nation that weaponises love — from Adwoah Nyarkoa
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I Love You, I am Sorry
A dystopian story about youth resistance in a nation that weaponises love — from Adwoah Nyarkoa
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17 days ago
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You Were Mine Poems about loss and human interactions written from traditional and modern take — from Namibian Mwatilange Hango Hadula
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You Were Mine
Poems about loss and human interactions written from traditional and modern take — from Namibian Mwatilange Hango Hadula
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20 days ago
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The Deliberations A story about royal inheritance, forbidden intimacy, and the cost of a consensus — from Menenaba
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The Deliberations
A story about royal inheritance, forbidden intimacy, and the cost of a consensus — from Menenaba
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20 days ago
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How I Got Selected to the University A personal essay about a student’s journey from extreme poverty to university through determination — By William Khalipwina Mpina
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21 days ago
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The Tales We Were Told Three poems from South Sudanese Wal William Nyuon
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The Tales We Were Told
Three poems from South Sudanese Wal William Nyuon
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21 days ago
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We would like to send a huge congratulations to our regular contributor Abigail George on the launch of her new book "Did You get married to Her when I was in the Mental Hospital" Published by ZamaShort. You can buy digital copies directly from ZamaShort -
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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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New Year, New Me A wickedly funny story about journaling, viral dreams, social media success, and the terrifying price of getting everything — by Nadia Ahidjo
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New Year, New Me
A wickedly funny story about journaling, viral dreams, social media success, and the terrifying price of getting everything — by Nadia…
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22 days ago
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Mama’s Sacred Tree This story is about finding humanity behind rumours, fear, and old beliefs — by Sali Andiamo Siyaya
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22 days ago
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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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23 days ago
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Conjectures of a Grateful Housewife Creative nonfiction on housewife's shifting roles — from Eritrean Rahel Asghedom Zere
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Conjectures of a Grateful Housewife
Creative nonfiction on housewife's shifting roles — from Eritrean Rahel Asghedom Zere
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23 days ago
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More Than Shacks The human stories of Zandspruit — from Robinson Phiri
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More Than Shacks
The human stories of Zandspruit — from Robinson Phiri
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24 days ago
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Pound of Flesh and Fear Two poems from Kenyan Henry Munene
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Pound of Flesh and Fear
Two poems from Kenyan Henry Munene
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24 days ago
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Down The Hill Poems about listening to a land that is fading — from Malawian Blessings Mwahimba
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Down The Hill
Poems about listening to a land that is fading — from Malawian Blessings Mwahimba
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Conjectures of a Grateful Housewife Creative nonfiction on housewife's shifting roles — from Eritrean Rahel Asghedom Zere
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Conjectures of a Grateful Housewife
Creative nonfiction on housewife's shifting roles — from Eritrean Rahel Asghedom Zere
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Purple Slippers and New Beginnings A story about family responsibility, resilience, and learning to live beyond survival — from South African Melissa Booysen
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Purple Slippers and New Beginnings
A story about family responsibility, resilience, and learning to live beyond survival — from South African Melissa Booysen
https://kalaharireview.com/purple-slippers-and-new-beginnings-c4aada683d46
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Purple Slippers and New Beginnings A story about family responsibility, resilience, and learning to live beyond survival — from South African Melissa Booysen
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War To, Where From Four new poems from Zimbabwean Yolanda Lindsay Mabuto
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My Wife Of Many A Child The story of a man — a ready-made family — a noose — by Kenyan Charles M. Mwangi
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The Year I Lost My Virginity A personal essay delving into how sex isn't always as eventful as society makes it out to be — from Valerie Tendai Chatindo
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Mourning Glories Poems on the afterlife of leaving — from Nigerian American Ama Anyafulugo
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Any Port In A Storm A wonderful story from the fictional South African town of Rolbos by Amos Van Der Merwe
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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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about 2 months ago
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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
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about 2 months 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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about 2 months 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
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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
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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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Harare Review of Books
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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.
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