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Abdifatah Shafat
Abd Al-Hai
Adaobi Nwaubani
A. A. Ibrahim
Amatoritsero Ede
Ando Yeva
Arja Salafranca
D. Mkandawire
Emman. Sigauke
F. Madzimbamuto
Carolyn Ride
Cecilia Ferreira
Chuma Nwokolo
Grace Kim
Hajira Amla
Helen Oyeyemi
Isabella Morris
Jennifer Makumbi
Joy Isi Bewaji
Kangsen Wakai
Lola Shoneyin
Marion Grammer
Mdika Nick Tembo
Memory Chirere
Mthulisi Mathuthu
Mustafa Adam
Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Novuyo Tshuma
Petina Gappah
Remi Raji
Rudolf Okonkwo
Richard U. Ali
Sola Osofisan
Tade Ipadeola
Tayari Jones
Timothy Spence
Tola Ositelu
Tolu Ogunlesi
Yousif Almahri

Cecilia Ferreira

Night of Callous Thrust
It was the best day of her life, but she could not forget another 'red-letter-day'. Joy Isi Bewaji's flash fiction

Poems
Poems from South African writer Arja Salafranca

Finding the River's Source
Cameroonian writer, Kangsen Wakai explores a childhood addiction

Anita's Cross
13-year-old Anita's mother had just died at Ghandi Hospital. It was the least of her problems. A Hajira Amla story

Five Poems for Women
Poetry for the fairer sex from Nigeria's Richard Ugbede Ali

Tade Ipadeola on Fiditi; African writers introduce their favourite towns in our introspective column on emotional geography.

Cruising the Nile with Agatha Christie
On a recent visit to Cairo, Isabella Morris revisits the haunts of an unrepentant Egyptologist

Tik-Tok
Time is running out for a mother and son separated by crystal meth addiction. A story from Australian resident, Marion Grammer

Talking across Borders
Ando Yeva reviews 2009 collections from poets Amatoritsero Ede and Remi Raji.

We are all Africans
Tolu Ogunlesi on Pan-Africanism from Adichie to Crater Lake workshops

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Copenhagen & the Cult of Appetite

's editorial on the entrenched philosophies behind the climate change controversies


Interviews






The Rogue Son Abdifatah Shafat, with a Kenyan story of a muted Somali rebellion...

You in Paradise Misantrophy and xenophobia in Novuyo Tshuma's prize-winning short story

Voice of the Gods Dango Mkandawire, with a short story of teenage abduction in a caste-bound kingdom

The Last Storyteller An itinerant entertainer's final performance; from Nigerian writer, Sola Osofisan

Four Poems Mdika Nick Tembo with 4 Malawian poems

A non-liberal History of Zimbabwe Mthulisi Mathuthu attempts to reclaim the Zimbabwean narrative...

The Fall of Phiri Bombai
Phiri took Abe's promotion very badly indeed... An off-beat short story from Chuma Nwokolo

Book Received

Literature according to Africa

		Return to Sinnar Sudanese writer, Mustafa Adam with a new translation of compatriot, Abd Al-Hai's, classic poem on Exile

The Burden
It is deja vu for Tumirai as his brother disappears in Zimbabwe. Farai Madzimbamuto's short story

An Australian View
A reader responds to Adaobi Nwaubani's I Do Not Come to you by Chance

Closure
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, with a 'love triangle' that crosses borders

The Joys of Manhood
They were on a long trek to the new king of Buganda, but the minds of the men were on Bulls and Heifers... a Jennifer Makumbi tale

Naked Lady
An American expatriate makes an unforgettable encounter in an Ethiopian University. Short story by Timothy Spence

Stirring Ashes
A new translation from the Arabic of a Darfuri story by Sudanese writer, Yousif Izzat Al-Mahri

Tales by Conversation:
Have you missed an episode? Current edition and links to back issues

Cross Country
A road-trip short story from Zimbabwe's Emmanuel Sigauke

White is for Witching
Tola Ositelu reviews Helen Oyeyemi's book


		Dancing with Bones Grace Kim makes a case for an African Classic; Boubacar Boris Diop's Murambi Book of Bones

Three Poems
From Lola Shoneyin, author of The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

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