The morality of man is distinguished by a thin line between humanity and cruelty. Once this line is crossed, we are met with an even greater vice than the loss of that man. In a matter of days, its effect weighs on a lot of lives. The effect of cruelty and negligence always weave in…
September’s here, and it’s a fresh chance to put your writing out into the world. Whether you’re drawn to poetry contests, short story competitions, fellowships, or grants (or calls that don’t fit neatly into any box), this list has you covered. All the writing competitions and opportunities here are free to enter and organized into…
Have you ever read an enemies-to-lovers romance where the man gets progressively pathetic in the most endearing way, because he is falling deeper? That’s exactly what Penny Reid delivers in Beard in Mind. If you’re a fan of this trope, you’re in for a treat. This is the fourth book in the Winston Brothers series,…
Yewande Omotoso’s The Woman Next Door explores the intricacies of gender, identity, and tradition, using post-apartheid South Africa as a case study. Centring the plot around the lives of two octogenarian neighbours from different racial and social backgrounds in Cape Town’s wealthy suburb of Katterijn; Hortensia James, a sharp-tongued Black woman of Caribbean descent, and…
“Run, Àjàyí, Run” is the apprehensive and lyrical title of the opening part of the posthumously published Biyi Bándélé’s Yorùbá Boy Running. When readers reach the passage that reveals the context of the phrase, one hardly escapes the nostalgia from the ending of Orwell’s Animal Farm, “Àjàyí looked at Ìjí and Ìjí looked at Àjàyí”…
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