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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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30 and Dating A new column on trying to find love while moving into a new phase of life — from Valerie Tendai Chatindo
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30 and Dating
A new column on trying to find love while moving into a new phase of life — from Valerie Tendai Chatindo
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6 days ago
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When The Bell Calls Two poems exploring repetition and quiet systems of control within institutional and domestic spaces, reflecting on how routine, environment, and memory shape human behaviour over time — from Oluwatobi Adeboyeku
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7 days ago
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You May Want My Boyfriend ‎You may want him, until he owns your mind — a story from Ghanaian Adwoah Nyarkoa
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You May Want My Boyfriend
‎You may want him, until he owns your mind — a story from Ghanaian Adwoah Nyarkoa
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7 days ago
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When The Bell Calls Two poems exploring repetition and quiet systems of control within institutional and domestic spaces, reflecting on how routine, environment, and memory shape human behaviour over time — from Oluwatobi Adeboyeku
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When The Bell Calls
Two poems exploring repetition and quiet systems of control within institutional and domestic spaces, reflecting on how routine…
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7 days ago
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River Of Life Poems about personal experiences helping students to deal with life problems — from Francis Eddie Pasanje
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River Of Life
Poems about personal experiences helping students to deal with life problems — from Francis Eddie Pasanje
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8 days ago
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Make a Cup of Coffee One day. One coffee shop. One man. The quiet war between survival, dignity and the performance of service — a story by Chizi Pswarayi
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Make a Cup of Coffee
One day. One coffee shop. One man. The quiet war between survival, dignity and the performance of service — a story by Chizi Pswarayi
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8 days ago
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The Weight, The Voice, and the Cage A trilogy of poems exploring structural resilience, cross-cultural love, and the exhaustion of the Nigerian hustle — from Kelechi Anthony
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The Weight, The Voice, and the Cage
A trilogy of poems exploring structural resilience, cross-cultural love, and the exhaustion of the Nigerian hustle — from Kelechi Anthony
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8 days ago
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I’m In No Rush The untanglement of love — poems exploring the intricate complexities of love in all its forms — from Thomas Mashala
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I’m In No Rush
The untanglement of love — poems exploring the intricate complexities of love in all its forms — from Thomas Mashala
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8 days ago
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The Forge of Iron, Will and Sacrifice The lizard had not only outsmarted the snake — it had exposed the venom for all to see — a story from Steve Akinkuolie
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The Forge of Iron, Will and Sacrifice
The lizard had not only outsmarted the snake — it had exposed the venom for all to see — a story from Steve Akinkuolie
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8 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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To All the Books I’ve Loved Before Part three of Nixon Mateulah’s personal essay about his love of books
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To All the Books I’ve Loved Before
Part three of Nixon Mateulah’s personal essay about his love of books
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9 days ago
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Notes from an African in Transit A reflective essay on migration, identity, and the cost of becoming someone new — by John Ekam
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Notes from an African in Transit
A reflective essay on migration, identity, and the cost of becoming someone new — by John Ekam
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9 days ago
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The Blood of the First Dog and the Blood of the First People The story of a man who loses a dog, gains a son, and wonders what might have passed between them — from Fasil Bizuneh
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The Blood of the First Dog and the Blood of the First People
The story of a man who loses a dog, gains a son, and wonders what might have passed between them — from Fasil Bizuneh
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9 days ago
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I Voted The Fire And Now It Eats Me Three poems from Olamoyegun Noah O
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I Voted The Fire And Now It Eats Me
Three poems from Olamoyegun Noah O
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9 days ago
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Chapter 5: Shadows Of The Red Door The newest instalment of the novel Mpukane: The Fly Who Chased Truth. About a young man’s search for truth intensifies as the shadows of the past close in around Evaton — by Julius Nhlanganiso Mqosini
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Chapter 5: Shadows Of The Red Door
The newest instalment of the novel Mpukane: The Fly Who Chased Truth. About a young man’s search for truth intensifies as the shadows of…
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9 days ago
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Tembea Nami Take a photographic journey with Nairobi with Winstone Odhiambo
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Tembea Nami
Take a photographic journey with Nairobi with Winstone Odhiambo
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9 days ago
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A Silence of a Crier: A Story of First Love and Sudden Loss She loved him before she understood love — and lost him before she understood grief — by Chukwunonyelum Jennifer Amaechi
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A Silence of a Crier: A Story of First Love and Sudden Loss
She loved him before she understood love — and lost him before she understood grief — by Chukwunonyelum Jennifer Amaechi
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9 days ago
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Make a Cup of Coffee One day. One coffee shop. One man. The quiet war between survival, dignity and the performance of service — a story by Chizi Pswarayi
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Make a Cup of Coffee
One day. One coffee shop. One man. The quiet war between survival, dignity and the performance of service — a story by Chizi Pswarayi
https://t.ly/32ZIQ
11 days ago
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I Voted The Fire And Now It Eats Me Three poems from Olamoyegun Noah O
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I Voted The Fire And Now It Eats Me
Three poems from Olamoyegun Noah O
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11 days ago
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The Blood of the First Dog and the Blood of the First People The story of a man who loses a dog, gains a son, and wonders what might have passed between them — from Fasil Bizuneh
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18 days ago
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Conversations With a Married Woman: Marriages End Over Small Issues An essay that delves into the complexities of married life as told by a married woman — from Valerie Tendai Chatindo
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Conversations With a Married Woman: Marriages End Over Small Issues
An essay that delves into the complexities of married life as told by a married woman — from Valerie Tendai Chatindo
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18 days ago
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Sixty Minutes Between Heartbeats: Flight or Fright A short story about a tense hour above the clouds where fear, humour, and humanity are the only companions — from Oluwatobi Adeboyeku
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18 days ago
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The Blood of the First Dog and the Blood of the First People The story of a man who loses a dog, gains a son, and wonders what might have passed between them — from Fasil Bizuneh
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The Blood of the First Dog and the Blood of the First People
The story of a man who loses a dog, gains a son, and wonders what might have passed between them — from Fasil Bizuneh
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19 days ago
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Rados A story of vulnerability, betrayal and the willful blindness of love in Ganbi Street — from Nissi Allan
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Rados
A story of vulnerability, betrayal and the willful blindness of love in Ganbi Street — from Nissi Allan
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19 days ago
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Notes from an African in Transit A reflective essay on migration, identity, and the cost of becoming someone new — by John Ekam
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Notes from an African in Transit
A reflective essay on migration, identity, and the cost of becoming someone new — by John Ekam
https://t.ly/klKRH
20 days ago
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Prayers To Dada Four poems on what the dead leave in the bodies of the living & what inheritance the dead leave for the living — from Tafara Gava
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Prayers To Dada
Four poems on what the dead leave in the bodies of the living & what inheritance the dead leave for the living — from Tafara Gava
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20 days ago
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The Kalahari Review
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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Caged A story about race, culture, and the human experience from various perspectives — from Jessica Aike
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Caged
A story about race, culture, and the human experience from various perspectives — from Jessica Aike
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28 days ago
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Gritty Guilt Two poems exploring urban hardship and loss of innocence — from Craig Paakoow Anderson
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Gritty Guilt
Two poems exploring urban hardship and loss of innocence — from Craig Paakoow Anderson
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28 days ago
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La Petite Mort Poems on loss, love, and the many ways we become again — by Rachael Aiyke
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La Petite Mort
Poems on loss, love, and the many ways we become again — by Rachael Aiyke
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29 days ago
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When The Coffin Refused To Move A village confronts the truth when a coffin refuses to be buried — from Cameroonian Tah Asongwed
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When The Coffin Refused To Move
A village confronts the truth when a coffin refuses to be buried — from Cameroonian Tah Asongwed
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29 days ago
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Living With the Dead: Authority, Memory, and Character An essay on reading Dealing with the Dead alongside Lincoln in the Bardo — from Moses Emeka
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about 1 month ago
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A World Where Only the Poor Practice Humility A personal essay on how misplaced humility keeps you invisible — from Chigozie Precious Nneka
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A World Where Only the Poor Practice Humility
A personal essay on how misplaced humility keeps you invisible — from Chigozie Precious Nneka
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about 1 month ago
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The Court of Public Opinion When survivors speak, society puts them on trial — a powerful piece from Ugandan Asha Mirriam
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The Court of Public Opinion
When survivors speak, society puts them on trial — a powerful piece from Ugandan Asha Mirriam
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about 1 month ago
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A Girl Not For Sale Bound by tradition but fueled by hope, a young woman’s fight for freedom and the future she wants — a story from Ugandan Asiimwe Simon
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The Fortune of Votes A story about selling one’s soul for power and borrowed glory — by Moroccan Brahim Laaraibini
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The Fortune of Votes
A story about selling one’s soul for power and borrowed glory — by Moroccan Brahim Laaraibini
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about 1 month 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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about 1 month ago
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To All the Books I’ve Loved Before Part three of Nixon Mateulah’s personal essay about his love of books
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To All the Books I’ve Loved Before
Part three of Nixon Mateulah’s personal essay about his love of books
https://t.ly/ceMVY
about 1 month ago
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Pangolin Poems dive into the grief ordinary people carry beneath the weight of a broken nation — from Tonye George
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The Soft Life — Is it attainable for the African Woman? A look at whether the popular social trend is attainable to most African women — from Erica Goredema
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The Soft Life — Is it attainable for the African Woman?
A look at whether the popular social trend is attainable to most African women — from Erica Goredema
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Chronicles of Existence in the Aftermath of Rupture Three poems exploring epiphany, love and numbness — from Ubongabasi Iyanam
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Chronicles of Existence in the Aftermath of Rupture
Three poems exploring epiphany, love and numbness — from Ubongabasi Iyanam
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about 1 month ago
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Like Father, Like Son A tale about a challenging relationship that echoes the same fate — from Motswana Thato Angela Chuma
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Like Father, Like Son
A tale about a challenging relationship that echoes the same fate — from Motswana Thato Angela Chuma
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about 1 month 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 -
t.ly/19bs-
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Unionville A short story about friendship, connection, community and belonging — from Laone J. Mangwa
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Unionville
A short story about friendship, connection, community and belonging — from Laone J. Mangwa
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Wild Wild West, Bloemfontein Poems about childhood trauma, survival, and the quiet distance of love — from Augustus Owlyce
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Wild Wild West, Bloemfontein
Poems about childhood trauma, survival, and the quiet distance of love — from Augustus Owlyce
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Unionville A short story about friendship, connection, community and belonging — from Laone J. Mangwa
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Unionville
A short story about friendship, connection, community and belonging — from Laone J. Mangwa
https://t.ly/QZvLl
about 1 month ago
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Chronicles of Existence in the Aftermath of Rupture Three poems exploring epiphany, love and numbness — from Ubongabasi Iyanam
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Chronicles of Existence in the Aftermath of Rupture
Three poems exploring epiphany, love and numbness — from Ubongabasi Iyanam
https://t.ly/Lka5d
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To All the Books I’ve Loved Before Part two of Nixon Mateulah’s personal essay about his love of books
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To All the Books I’ve Loved Before
Part two of Nixon Mateulah’s personal essay about his love of books
https://t.ly/8ql6D
about 1 month ago
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Hope, Hustle, and Broken Dreams The story of a determined graduate battling through Lagos hardship in a ruthless chase for survival — from Iyke Obinna
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Hope, Hustle and Broken Dreams
Hope, Hustle, and Broken Dreams The story of a determined graduate battling of Lagos hardship in a ruthless chase for survival — from Iyke Obinna The year before Ginika graduated from university …
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about 1 month ago
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Pangolin Poems dive into the grief ordinary people carry beneath the weight of a broken nation — from Tonye George
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Pangolin
Poems dive into the grief ordinary people carry beneath the weight of a broken nation — from Tonye George
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about 2 months ago
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