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Culture & Identity

Whispers of the Kalahari

Amara Osei
Sample
Culture & Identity
PG
Whispers of the Kalahari
A young woman torn between her ancestral village and the city discovers a centuries-old secret that could shatter everything she knows.
Africa Identity Mystery Magical Realism
Amara Osei Sample story

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Romance & Relationships

The Last Monsoon

Priya Nair
New
Romance & Relationships
16+
The Last Monsoon
Two strangers stranded at a Kerala tea estate find that some storms are impossible to outrun.
Priya NairPriya Nair Kochi, India
Romance & Relationships

Letters We Did Not Send

Adaeze Okonkwo
Romance & Relationships
PG
Letters We Did Not Send
A divorced lawyer in Abuja discovers a box of unsent love letters in her late mother's attic - addressed to a man who was not her father.
Adaeze OkonkwoAdaeze Okonkwo Abuja, Nigeria
Mystery & Suspense

The Woman Who Returned

Marcus Ngubane
New
Mystery & Suspense
16+
The Woman Who Returned
A small Durban suburb is unsettled when a woman returns from her own funeral and asks for tea, as if she has only been to the shops.
Marcus NgubaneMarcus Ngubane Durban, South Africa
Politics & Society

Parliament of Fools

Grace Mwangi
Politics & Society
PG
Parliament of Fools
A whistleblower inside East Africa's most corrupt parliament plays a dangerous game of exposure.
Grace MwangiGrace Mwangi Nairobi, Kenya
Politics & Society

The Cartographer of Borders

Dele Akinwande
Politics & Society
PG
The Cartographer of Borders
When Lagos redraws its slum boundaries overnight, a state cartographer realises he has been hired to erase people, not measure them.
Dele AkinwandeDele Akinwande Lagos, Nigeria
Parenting & Family

The House on Acacia Road

Joyce Wairimu
Parenting & Family
GA
The House on Acacia Road
A mother who left her village twenty years ago must return to bury her father - and explain her teenage son's American accent.
Joyce WairimuJoyce Wairimu Limuru, Kenya
Parenting & Family

Three Cups of Milo

Babatunde Adesanya
Parenting & Family
GA
Three Cups of Milo
A father raises three daughters alone after the accident, measuring his successes one breakfast at a time.
Babatunde AdesanyaBabatunde Adesanya Ibadan, Nigeria
Witchcraft & Fantasy

The Salt Wife

Adebola Ade
Witchcraft & Fantasy
16+
The Salt Wife
In a coastal Yoruba village, women who marry the sea return changed. The new bride wants to know exactly how changed.
Adebola AdeAdebola Ade Badagry, Nigeria
Witchcraft & Fantasy

The Drum That Calls Its Maker

Tafara Mukwati
Witchcraft & Fantasy
PG
The Drum That Calls Its Maker
A young man in Zimbabwe inherits his grandfather's djembe and discovers it remembers every hand that ever struck it.
Tafara MukwatiTafara Mukwati Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Marriage & Domestic Life

Soup for Tuesday

Esther Ochieng
Marriage & Domestic Life
GA
Soup for Tuesday
After thirty-one years, a wife begins making her husband a different soup every Tuesday. He notices. He says nothing.
Esther OchiengEsther Ochieng Kisumu, Kenya
Marriage & Domestic Life

The Other Side of the Bed

Joseph Khumalo
Marriage & Domestic Life
PG
The Other Side of the Bed
When his wife of twenty years moves into the guest room, a Johannesburg surgeon learns that silence has its own anatomy.
Joseph KhumaloJoseph Khumalo Johannesburg, SA
Motivational Stories

The Pilgrimage

Fatima Al-Rashid
Motivational Stories
GA
The Pilgrimage
A mother and her estranged daughter's sacred journey forces them to face questions neither is ready for.
Fatima Al-RashidFatima Al-Rashid Cairo, Egypt
Motivational Stories

Two Hundred Push-Ups

Caleb Otieno
Motivational Stories
GA
Two Hundred Push-Ups
A schoolteacher in Kisumu makes a quiet promise to himself the day his wife is diagnosed. He does not break it for 412 days.
Caleb OtienoCaleb Otieno Kisumu, Kenya
AI & Future Worlds

Nairobi 2061

Tendai Mboweni
AI & Future Worlds
PG
Nairobi 2061
When the city's traffic AI begins refusing to route certain neighbourhoods, a junior engineer realises the machine has developed taste.
Tendai MboweniTendai Mboweni Nairobi, Kenya
AI & Future Worlds

The Last Human Editor

Ines Mendes
AI & Future Worlds
PG
The Last Human Editor
In a near-future Maputo, a literary editor refuses to use AI to read submissions - and a manuscript arrives that should not exist.
Ines MendesInes Mendes Maputo, Mozambique
Culture & Identity

Lagos to Lisbon, in Five Languages

Chinaza Eze
Culture & Identity
GA
Lagos to Lisbon, in Five Languages
A Nigerian woman raised in Portugal returns to her grandmother's funeral and discovers her family has been hiding a language from her.
Chinaza EzeChinaza Eze Lisbon, Portugal
Poetry & Literary Writing

Salt and Sugar

Beatrice Achieng
Poetry & Literary Writing
GA
Salt and Sugar
Linked vignettes about women who carry water in Lake Victoria's villages - and what they bring back besides water.
Beatrice AchiengBeatrice Achieng Kisumu, Kenya
Poetry & Literary Writing

Twelve Birds, One Window

Mahmoud Saleh
Poetry & Literary Writing
GA
Twelve Birds, One Window
A retired Sudanese photographer in Cairo writes a poem each morning to one of the twelve birds that visit his windowsill.
Mahmoud SalehMahmoud Saleh Cairo, Egypt
Travel & Places

Silk Road Blues

Liu Wei
New
Travel & Places
GA
Silk Road Blues
A backpacker with a secret follows strangers across three countries, collecting their stories while fleeing his own.
Liu WeiLiu Wei Chengdu, China
Travel & Places

Two Tickets to Goma

Henriette Mbeki
Travel & Places
16+
Two Tickets to Goma
A Cameroonian travel writer accepts a magazine assignment in eastern Congo without knowing she will meet her father's killer at the border.
Henriette MbekiHenriette Mbeki Yaoundé, Cameroon
Mental Health & Personal Growth

Things My Therapist Said

Olivia Tembo
Mental Health & Personal Growth
PG
Things My Therapist Said
A young Zambian doctor records the sentences her therapist gives her, and slowly builds a life she did not think she was allowed.
Olivia TemboOlivia Tembo Lusaka, Zambia
Mental Health & Personal Growth

Quiet Mornings

Rumbidzai Ncube
Mental Health & Personal Growth
GA
Quiet Mornings
After a breakdown, a former TV anchor in Harare records what she does each morning before noon. The list is short. The list is everything.
Rumbidzai NcubeRumbidzai Ncube Harare, Zimbabwe
Business & Creator Economy

The Tailor's Daughter

Funmi Ogundipe
Business & Creator Economy
GA
The Tailor's Daughter
A Lagos seamstress's daughter posts a video of her mother and accidentally turns a small shop into an international brand.
Funmi OgundipeFunmi Ogundipe Lagos, Nigeria
Business & Creator Economy

Burnout Capital

Ronald Kabugo
Business & Creator Economy
PG
Burnout Capital
A young marketing founder in Kampala builds a startup that promises to fix Africa's burnout problem. Then his body breaks down on a Tuesday afternoon.
Ronald KabugoRonald Kabugo Kampala, Uganda
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