The fat graduand. The laughing ugly girl. But you would have laughed it off. And your father wouldn’t have stormed into college, with plain clothes…
I am not sorry anymore, world. The internet you shoved down my throat And the grotesque knowledge you dropped Onto my stunting spine taught me…
‘A Room With A Drowning Book’ is a the winning poem by Adeeko Ibukun (Nigeria) that carried home the trophy at the Babishai Niwe Poetry Award Contest 2015.…
‘Ghosts of Jeevanjee’ is a gripping poem by Sheila Nyanduaki Okong’o (Kenya) that ranked second at the Babishai Niwe Poetry Award Contest 2015. *** You…
Sometimes I ask Mother Karua to tell me stories of her past. How it was like growing up back in the day when the world…
Nyalano picks at her food like her tongue is sore Avoids my face like I’m an ogre’s descendant Rations her words like they are endangered…
Harriet Anena is not as loud as many of my poet friends. At face value, she is a normal Ugandan beauty with the air that…
(This is an old post I did when I was still struggling to find my voice. A number of the thoughts herein are not original)…