A diminutive man with a slight paunch, he was too light to be black but too dark to be white.

Dark. Too dark and different. In the night I might disappear completely and never return.

Have you ever imagined why butterflies are decorated with thousands ellipsis?

and why they never cease kissing and flirting with flowers?

They are like giant metallic mosquitoes, close enough to frustrate and just far enough to avoid swatting.

Poetry by Sierra Leonean writer Lucy Emmanette Alieu

In this essay, Tahiru Lukman reflects on Ghana’s response to COVID-19.

Short story on love, freedom, family, and marriage.

As the need for social distancing, self-isolation and quarantining increases, the small businesses that power our communities will need to brace for impact.

They had become inseparable after that day and spent long hours chatting on the phone like old friends.

Jarred Thompson is named winner of the inaugural Afritondo Short Story Prize

Only three days to go!

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.