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The Newspaper Picture
A story that narrates the hysteria that erupted shortly after the homosexuality bill was introduced in the Ugandan parliament — by Asiimwe Simon
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A story that narrates the hysteria that erupted shortly after the homosexuality bill was introduced in the Ugandan parliament — by Asiimwe Simon
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The Newspaper Picture
A story that narrates the hysteria that erupted shortly after the homosexuality bill was introduced in the Ugandan parliament — by Asiimwe…
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November 27, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The Newspaper Picture
A story that narrates the hysteria that erupted shortly after the homosexuality bill was introduced in the Ugandan parliament — by Asiimwe Simon
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A story that narrates the hysteria that erupted shortly after the homosexuality bill was introduced in the Ugandan parliament — by Asiimwe Simon
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Yellow & The Life You Took
Two poems from Toluwalope Ajayi
Two poems from Toluwalope Ajayi
Yellow & The Life You Took
Two poems from Toluwalope Ajayi
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November 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Yellow & The Life You Took
Two poems from Toluwalope Ajayi
Two poems from Toluwalope Ajayi
Ode to the City of Love
A poetic exploration of children, the city of love (Ibadan), and causes & effects — by Sulaimon Sabitu
A poetic exploration of children, the city of love (Ibadan), and causes & effects — by Sulaimon Sabitu
Ode to the City of Love
A poetic exploration of children, the city of love (Ibadan), and causes & effects — by Sulaimon Sabitu
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November 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Ode to the City of Love
A poetic exploration of children, the city of love (Ibadan), and causes & effects — by Sulaimon Sabitu
A poetic exploration of children, the city of love (Ibadan), and causes & effects — by Sulaimon Sabitu
A note on recent and future publishing adjustments
Announcement Nov 2025
A note on recent and future publishing adjustments
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November 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
A note on recent and future publishing adjustments
Fresh Wounds
A short story about complexities in the search for healing after abuse — from Julia Akpoti
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A short story about complexities in the search for healing after abuse — from Julia Akpoti
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Fresh Wounds
A short story about complexities in the search for healing after abuse — from Julia Akpoti
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November 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Fresh Wounds
A short story about complexities in the search for healing after abuse — from Julia Akpoti
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A short story about complexities in the search for healing after abuse — from Julia Akpoti
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Beetle Man
A story about being trapped in trouble in a large, unknown city. How will it turn out? — from Val Bruce
A story about being trapped in trouble in a large, unknown city. How will it turn out? — from Val Bruce
Beetle Man
A story about being trapped in trouble in a large, unknown city. How will it turn out? — from Val Bruce
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November 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Beetle Man
A story about being trapped in trouble in a large, unknown city. How will it turn out? — from Val Bruce
A story about being trapped in trouble in a large, unknown city. How will it turn out? — from Val Bruce
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#HRBZimSpecPo : Here are our winners!!
#HRBZimSpecPo : Here are our winners!!
To our judges, Sista Zai Zanda and Tinashe Tafirenyika: Thank you soooo much for making yourselves—your time and expertise—available, and for sponsoring the prizes! Very grateful. To everyone who entered: Congratulations and thank you for submitting to #HRBZimSpecPo, and for your courage in putting your work out there! The judges were impressed with the standard of entries. And now….
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November 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Things Beyond Us
A story about the quiet struggle with memory, madness, and the noise of Nigerian politics — from Oluwatosin Brown Azeez
A story about the quiet struggle with memory, madness, and the noise of Nigerian politics — from Oluwatosin Brown Azeez
Things Beyond Us
A story about the quiet struggle with memory, madness, and the noise of Nigerian politics — from Oluwatosin Brown Azeez
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November 26, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Things Beyond Us
A story about the quiet struggle with memory, madness, and the noise of Nigerian politics — from Oluwatosin Brown Azeez
A story about the quiet struggle with memory, madness, and the noise of Nigerian politics — from Oluwatosin Brown Azeez
The Curve of Andrianirina
Or: A Brief Treatise on the Infinite Repetition of Malagasy History — from Soamiely Andriamananjara
Or: A Brief Treatise on the Infinite Repetition of Malagasy History — from Soamiely Andriamananjara
The Curve of Andrianirina
Or: A Brief Treatise on the Infinite Repetition of Malagasy History
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November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The Curve of Andrianirina
Or: A Brief Treatise on the Infinite Repetition of Malagasy History — from Soamiely Andriamananjara
Or: A Brief Treatise on the Infinite Repetition of Malagasy History — from Soamiely Andriamananjara
Paper Planes
A poignant exploration of memory, where the simplicity of paper planes evokes the complexity of longing and unresolved grief — a story by Avuyile Conjwa
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A poignant exploration of memory, where the simplicity of paper planes evokes the complexity of longing and unresolved grief — a story by Avuyile Conjwa
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Paper Planes
A poignant exploration of memory, where the simplicity of paper planes evokes the complexity of longing and unresolved grief — a story by…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Paper Planes
A poignant exploration of memory, where the simplicity of paper planes evokes the complexity of longing and unresolved grief — a story by Avuyile Conjwa
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A poignant exploration of memory, where the simplicity of paper planes evokes the complexity of longing and unresolved grief — a story by Avuyile Conjwa
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The Road of No Return
A boy’s pursuit of truth faces loss and secrets on Evaton’s unforgiving roads — Chapter 3 of Mpukane: The Fly Who Chased Truth from Julius Nhlanganiso Mqosini
A boy’s pursuit of truth faces loss and secrets on Evaton’s unforgiving roads — Chapter 3 of Mpukane: The Fly Who Chased Truth from Julius Nhlanganiso Mqosini
The Road of No Return
A boy’s pursuit of truth faces loss and secrets on Evaton’s unforgiving roads — Chapter 3 of Mpukane: The Fly Who Chased Truth from Julius…
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November 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The Road of No Return
A boy’s pursuit of truth faces loss and secrets on Evaton’s unforgiving roads — Chapter 3 of Mpukane: The Fly Who Chased Truth from Julius Nhlanganiso Mqosini
A boy’s pursuit of truth faces loss and secrets on Evaton’s unforgiving roads — Chapter 3 of Mpukane: The Fly Who Chased Truth from Julius Nhlanganiso Mqosini
Dismantle the Circle
Three poems from Malawian Justice Masangano
Three poems from Malawian Justice Masangano
Dismantle the Circle
Three poems from Malawian Justice Masangano
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November 25, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Dismantle the Circle
Three poems from Malawian Justice Masangano
Three poems from Malawian Justice Masangano
Ode to the City of Love
A poetic exploration of children, the city of love (Ibadan), and causes & effects — by Sulaimon Sabitu
A poetic exploration of children, the city of love (Ibadan), and causes & effects — by Sulaimon Sabitu
Ode to the City of Love
A poetic exploration of children, the city of love (Ibadan), and causes & effects — by Sulaimon Sabitu
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November 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Ode to the City of Love
A poetic exploration of children, the city of love (Ibadan), and causes & effects — by Sulaimon Sabitu
A poetic exploration of children, the city of love (Ibadan), and causes & effects — by Sulaimon Sabitu
Noise Is A Kind Of Mercy
Four poems from Nigerian Niimah Inuwa
Four poems from Nigerian Niimah Inuwa
Noise Is A Kind Of Mercy
Four poems from Nigerian Niimah Inuwa
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November 21, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Noise Is A Kind Of Mercy
Four poems from Nigerian Niimah Inuwa
Four poems from Nigerian Niimah Inuwa
The Green House
A boy’s perilous quest for truth amid 1985 Evaton’s anti-apartheid betrayal — chapter 2 of Mpukane: The Fly Who Chased Truth from Julius Nhlanganiso Mqosini
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A boy’s perilous quest for truth amid 1985 Evaton’s anti-apartheid betrayal — chapter 2 of Mpukane: The Fly Who Chased Truth from Julius Nhlanganiso Mqosini
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The Green House
A boy’s perilous quest for truth amid 1985 Evaton’s anti-apartheid betrayal — chapter 2 of Mpukane: The Fly Who Chased Truth from Julius…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:52 AM
The Green House
A boy’s perilous quest for truth amid 1985 Evaton’s anti-apartheid betrayal — chapter 2 of Mpukane: The Fly Who Chased Truth from Julius Nhlanganiso Mqosini
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A boy’s perilous quest for truth amid 1985 Evaton’s anti-apartheid betrayal — chapter 2 of Mpukane: The Fly Who Chased Truth from Julius Nhlanganiso Mqosini
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The Truth About Fufu
A wonderful essay on one of Africa’s most important foods from Kofi Akpabli
A wonderful essay on one of Africa’s most important foods from Kofi Akpabli
The Truth About Fufu
The Truth About Fufu A wonderful essay on one of Africa’s most important foods from Kofi Akpabli Topam topam is the sound That draws us to the mound of fufu found in an island of soup we swim and …
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November 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The Truth About Fufu
A wonderful essay on one of Africa’s most important foods from Kofi Akpabli
A wonderful essay on one of Africa’s most important foods from Kofi Akpabli
Hundred Ways to Kill Your Husband
A brilliant short story from Adeola Opeyemi Salau
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A brilliant short story from Adeola Opeyemi Salau
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Hundred Ways to Kill Your Husband
Hundred Ways to Kill Your Husband A brilliant short story from Adeola Opeyemi Salau I haven’t killed my husband yet. I have started countless times, I even have a long unwritten list of how to do …
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November 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Hundred Ways to Kill Your Husband
A brilliant short story from Adeola Opeyemi Salau
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A brilliant short story from Adeola Opeyemi Salau
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A poem from the day The Kalahari Review launched back in 2012
"First People of the Kalahari"
A poem from Zimbabwean John Mhongovoyo
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"First People of the Kalahari"
A poem from Zimbabwean John Mhongovoyo
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First People of the Kalahari
First People of the Kalahari A poem from Zimbabwean John Mhongovoyo I have no totem And probably no name. Born by another child on the fringes Of our ancestral lands I grew like a weed but do not ...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
A poem from the day The Kalahari Review launched back in 2012
"First People of the Kalahari"
A poem from Zimbabwean John Mhongovoyo
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"First People of the Kalahari"
A poem from Zimbabwean John Mhongovoyo
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Selected Works IV
An illustration showing sef’s unique style of Yoruba motifs and silhouettes — from sef adeola
An illustration showing sef’s unique style of Yoruba motifs and silhouettes — from sef adeola
Selected Works IV
An illustration showing sef’s unique style of Yoruba motifs and silhouettes — from sef adeola
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November 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Selected Works IV
An illustration showing sef’s unique style of Yoruba motifs and silhouettes — from sef adeola
An illustration showing sef’s unique style of Yoruba motifs and silhouettes — from sef adeola
Confessions of a Pre-Dawn Wretch
An introspective essay on futility, desire, and the seductions of self-sabotage — by Adésètó
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An introspective essay on futility, desire, and the seductions of self-sabotage — by Adésètó
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Confessions of a Pre-Dawn Wretch
An introspective essay on futility, desire, and the seductions of self-sabotage — by Adésètó
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November 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Confessions of a Pre-Dawn Wretch
An introspective essay on futility, desire, and the seductions of self-sabotage — by Adésètó
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An introspective essay on futility, desire, and the seductions of self-sabotage — by Adésètó
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A Journey
The story of a boy who is murdered by his village for witchcraft and how the boy's soul journeys through the realm of the ancestors — by Alex Abesadu Bitrus Byanyiko
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The story of a boy who is murdered by his village for witchcraft and how the boy's soul journeys through the realm of the ancestors — by Alex Abesadu Bitrus Byanyiko
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A Journey
The story of a boy who is murdered by his village for witchcraft and how the boy's soul journeys through the realm of the ancestors — by…
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October 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A Journey
The story of a boy who is murdered by his village for witchcraft and how the boy's soul journeys through the realm of the ancestors — by Alex Abesadu Bitrus Byanyiko
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The story of a boy who is murdered by his village for witchcraft and how the boy's soul journeys through the realm of the ancestors — by Alex Abesadu Bitrus Byanyiko
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When Algorithms Read African Literature
An essay on how algorithms promise to reveal hidden patterns in Nigerian literature that overturn our ideas about which works are the most influential — from Grant Hamilton
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An essay on how algorithms promise to reveal hidden patterns in Nigerian literature that overturn our ideas about which works are the most influential — from Grant Hamilton
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When Algorithms Read African Literature
An essay on how algorithms promise to reveal hidden patterns in Nigerian literature that overturn our ideas about which works are the most…
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October 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
When Algorithms Read African Literature
An essay on how algorithms promise to reveal hidden patterns in Nigerian literature that overturn our ideas about which works are the most influential — from Grant Hamilton
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An essay on how algorithms promise to reveal hidden patterns in Nigerian literature that overturn our ideas about which works are the most influential — from Grant Hamilton
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Conflict Between Values and Devalues in Cameroon
A short essay about values and devalues at log ahead for dominance in Cameroon — from Ferdinan Ngomba Vevanje
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A short essay about values and devalues at log ahead for dominance in Cameroon — from Ferdinan Ngomba Vevanje
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Conflict Between Values and Devalues in Cameroon
A short essay about values and devalues at log ahead for dominance in Cameroon — from Ferdinan Ngomba Vevanje
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October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Conflict Between Values and Devalues in Cameroon
A short essay about values and devalues at log ahead for dominance in Cameroon — from Ferdinan Ngomba Vevanje
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A short essay about values and devalues at log ahead for dominance in Cameroon — from Ferdinan Ngomba Vevanje
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Hour Glass & Mustard Black
In the concrete plains, the carnivores eyed her deliciously — two poems from Marcel Aduda
In the concrete plains, the carnivores eyed her deliciously — two poems from Marcel Aduda
Hour Glass & Mustard Black
In the concrete plains, the carnivores eyed her deliciously — two poems from Marcel Aduda
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October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hour Glass & Mustard Black
In the concrete plains, the carnivores eyed her deliciously — two poems from Marcel Aduda
In the concrete plains, the carnivores eyed her deliciously — two poems from Marcel Aduda
We Buried the Morning in Kemanji
Two poems from Ahmed Aminu
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October 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM