” We believe in the importance of creating an environment where people can learn from their different experiences, especially in relation to the black experience. We use the themes explored by our writers as a take-off point for accessing and excavating ideas through dialogue. We don’t shy away from difficult conversations or the depth and complexities of Africanness. I think we’ve generally been successful in achieving our primary goals: to promote, develop and celebrate creativity on the African continent. We’re very proud of our creative hub,” Lola Shoneyin.
where i come from we selectively give destinies to stillborns & become humans unlearning how
She picks up her pen,She wants to writeOf metaphors sleek as oil,They slip from her
I still believe the devil exists that’s why I’m afraid of the dark even though
You had stretch marks from foldsAnd scratches from wearA delta of lines ran down the
She sits out all day in the flood of her tearsMourning herself and her childrenThe
Morning.All like the dews, glossy,Shines of beauty on the browsOf the earth;Beauty knows no bounds
You believed in nothingso it is truedead men do not die twiceyou maintained your spotin
takes the moment of my mother’s smileher face growing into perfection &what made me think
IntroductionThe concept of ‘surface reading,’ first broached by Sharon Marcus in her book of 2007,