OpportunitiesSubmit to AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2024 by March 25WSA-RJanuary 22, 2024January 22, 2024 by WSA-RJanuary 22, 2024January 22, 20240 The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing is currently accepting submissions for its 2024 edition. Eligible entries must consist of published short stories with a...
ReviewReview: Whispers of Fading Ink by OlaBell | Alice Ghislaine MusabeWSA-RJanuary 22, 2024December 8, 2024 by WSA-RJanuary 22, 2024December 8, 20241 Whispers of Fading Ink is a beautifully crafted, short lyrical piece in which a lonely soul implores to be found, yearning for love and recognition...
PoetryTop 5 Poetry Reads | 2023WSA-RDecember 27, 2023December 27, 2023 by WSA-RDecember 27, 2023December 27, 20230 Birdsong – Roger Mugisha READ Drowning in the Deep – Jean Aime Migabo READ Two Poems – Grace Uwizeye READ Away From Him – Angeline...
Fiction Issue 2 UmukaragoIf Love Were a Person | Gisele IngabireWSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 2024 by WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 20240 Angel spent days in tears. Life was getting more challenging. She felt empty inside, and her mind had drifted into numbness. She thought that her...
Creative non-Fiction Issue 2 UmukaragoRed and Pain | Gisele UmurungiWSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 2024 by WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 20240 When I was young, my favourite colour was red. I thought that red symbolised a heart full of love, a dawn that exhibits another chance...
Issue 2 Poetry UmukaragoDrowning in the Deep | Jean Aime MigaboWSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 2024 by WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 20245 Good morning, dearest friend of olden time! Our memories bring me forth from slumber’s hold. After all these years, my heart still does pine For...
Issue 2 Poetry UmukaragoDevil Incarnate | Eric Jovial HirwaWSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 2024 by WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 20240 The fork held between your scarlet lips Your eyes cutely fixated on my face All of a sudden, I feel your legs pressing against mine...
Issue 2 Poetry UmukaragoBirdsong | Roger MugishaWSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 2024 by WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 202412 To my lost soul and humour, To the person I was before drowning, I am here all alone like a sloth in a cecropia tree,...
Issue 2 Poetry UmukaragoSleeping Candle | Gilbert Becko NiyitangaWSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 2024 by WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 20240 In the quiet corners of my soul, A flickering flame once burned its glow, A beacon of hope, night and day, Guiding me through life’s...
Issue 2 Poetry UmukaragoIntentions | Alice Ghislaine MusabeWSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 2024 by WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 20240 I will be the love you never had, The one that you explored but never committed to. Heart on my sleeve, left on blue balls!...