By Tashinga Wazara, Zimbabwe: It's 3 am. I'm lying in my bed and its dead quiet. The only sound I hear is the sound of me breathing; slow, heavy breaths. The pain I feel in inextricable. It is a constant, piercing pain. I feel like there's a hand inside my chest pulling at my heart, trying to rip it out. […]
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By Emmeline Bisiikwa, Uganda: 'Don't go daddy, please stay with me.' She sobbed. 'You can always come to see me baby girl, my house is yours.' 'But I want you to stay here with mummy. I want to live with both of you.' Their eyes met at the top of Abigail's head. Her mother knelt down and held her as […]
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By Emmeline Bisiikwa, Uganda: It's been three months since I last saw you but it feels longer. The days roll over side by side and lose themselves in sums of numbers, hours, minutes. I keep telling myself I should not count the time spent apart from you but I can't help it. Every bone in my body believes it should […]
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By David Tumusiime, Uganda: She would not let me put on my earphones. Even after her intro. Which I had not asked for. All I had wanted was to sit next to a beautiful woman in the taxi. I did not think it was necessary for her to inform me, when I greeted her, “Hi, I have a boyfriend.” She […]
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By Edger Kasunsu, Uganda: Velocity of the wind high, Black clouds above me static, Photons from the stars dark, And my heart turns to stardust As I see her with another star. We used to make love Underneath quiet tree branches, Beneath the clouds at night, But she defied nature's gravity And ran away with a star. Protons shift in […]
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