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Features, Lit Scene June 16, 2020

Submit to Write Ghana’s Ga Poetry Anthology

Write Ghana is a literary non-profit that showcases, promotes and documents Ghanaian languages and literature. One of their initiatives is an annual literary festival in collaboration with Goethe Institut as well as a short story prize for literature in Ghanaian languages. They recently put out a call for submissions for an anthology of poetry in […]

#WeLoveBooks | Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

If you’ve ever hankered for fresh, new writing, here is a book you should have on your #TBR list. Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is a star in the making, and his debut book, which was officially published yesterday, is getting the attention of critics. The collection of 12 short stories is titled Friday Black. He mixes […]

For My Mother in Her Mid-90s | by Ama Ata Aidoo | A Poem

We know you all love Ama Ata Aidoo’s plays and fiction. But do you know that she is a poet? She published two collections of poems in the ’80s and ’90s. Still, fans and readers seem to only celebrate her work as a playwright and a fiction writer. That is why we are excited that University […]

According to Prof. | by Hamza Moshood | An African Story

Stepping out of the main hall, you walk into the lobby of the conference centre. Here, you pause for a minute to reflect on all that was discussed at the conference. In truth, you did not fully grasp all that was discussed. A week ago too, when you saw the poster that announced this event, you […]

Why We Stopped Talking | Kwame Dadson | An African Story

It was the littlest thing. We had been friends for forty years, through the most challenging times and the happiest. Best men at each other’s weddings, guarantors for each other’s mortgages. We had laughed together, and we had cried man-tears. But it all came to a head on that wretched night over the choice of […]