Rethinking The African Narrative – Repenser le Récit Africain
When her curved finger calls, I come a crawling.No way to resist, to desist,This unrelenting spell that pulls and wells,drowning me, unearthing me, carrying me,Over and under a treacherous tide. I am turned, tripped, thrashed,Taken to the darkest depths,Til I do not recognise myself anymore.My light, once crystalline and pure,A hollowed shell ravished by her... Continue Reading →
I saw, so I writeI felt, so I writeMy tears flowed so I wiped them with words I liked it, so I writeI despised it, so I writeMy soul was bruised so I appeased it with words The stories dance in my mindThey overflow in my heartI feel their pain, their joy, their sorrow I... Continue Reading →
Poetry: to the quiet ones
Poetry: an ode to Yara, a happy child smiling through conflict.
We Write Afrika 