Some of the latest stories from across Africa

Short fiction by Abigail George

The shortlist is here

Fiction by Damilola Omotoyinbo

Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder, and Tyson Fury all have one thing in common—a Nigerian connection.

Poem by Abby Odiase

Creative non-fiction on the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon.

Poetry by David Olatubosun

Those with families are sometimes fortunate enough to receive some form of care while the unlucky ones are left to roam the streets.

Your favourite spot in my arms was cold with void/ Poetry by Kingsley Alumona

“You have to do something. You have to talk to the white man. The Oba cannot die in a foreign land. It is an abomination.”

Poetry by Ndifreke George

I have a lot of flaws but the colour of my skin is not one of them / Ugandan writer Hilda Awori on colourism in Uganda.

Poetry by Kingsley Alumona / For Nenye and Akwa

From the church straight to the bar, won't Jesus be upset though?

You’re the music inside my head—my love song. And when the music plays, I pull the hair back from my face and, holding it up with bobby pins, I dance for you.

The night has gone horribly wrong for Dera as she finds herself embroiled in murder

Ndaba writes on the many ills of child marriages.

The three-storey building was a massive shining edifice with glass windows and colourful cloth decorations hanging at the entrance.

Recent tragedies and a newly found addiction haunt him as he prepares for his next Sunday sermon. How will Pastor Bamidele deal with his demons?