Author: Makewana

TEARS OF BLOOD

By Mary Khumalo The silence of the nightDreadful feelings of fearAnger of the butchersIn search of golden limbsTwisted in agony of painWhen the throat is slittedThe silent criesOf a mother who labouredTo birth a childOne that’s...

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THE LIGHT BETWEEN THE BARS

By Tikondwe Chimkowola  My baby only knew two colors: White and Green. The white from our uniforms and the green of the prison warders. He always cried when someone else in a different colour came around the cells. I chuckle at...

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Interview with Ingrid Nayame

  Ingrid Nayame is an award-winning Zambian novelist and self-published author of three books titled The Last Laugh, The Coloured Vine and Cupid’s Arrow printed in 2017, 2018 and 2020 respectively. Her first novel was...

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Yewo’s Oasis by Joyce Nyirongo

She heard her mother calling from a distance. It couldn’t have been morning already. She had only slept for a few minutes, or so it seemed. She turned on her mat and slept again. Her mother’s voice soared. “Yewo! Yewo! Wake up!!...

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