By Ayanda Xaba, South Africa: The silence is awkward and the tension so thick that you could cut through it with a knife. I can sense that something big happened while we were at the reed dance. But then, a lot happened there. Things I don’t think we can share at this very moment. We need time to process it. […]
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By Emmeline Bisiikwa, Uganda: I decided to write to you today because somehow my heart is breaking. All I can think about is how we met and how it felt like it was right and meant to be. Somehow our friendship survived the break-up. If anything, we became closer with the uncanny ability to think alike, complete each other’s sentences […]
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By Philani Tyson Nombika, South Africa: We all rode in cars before we knew the way back With uncertain belief we grew taller than mountains Soon we became the walkabout we feared on street corners Riding in cars with strangers Got hooked on bars and became regulars We always feared growing to the best versions of ourselves and meeting expectations […]
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My alarm goes off. It’s 6 am. I turn it off ceremoniously because it hasn’t served its purpose. It was supposed to wake me up but the problem is I haven’t slept all night. I couldn’t. I have been relaying this “plan” over and over again in my mind. My heart has been racing. I have been restless, sweaty, on […]
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By Denise Kavuma, Uganda: Picture this if you will A cold wind is howling outside and a chill has settled deep in your bones even as you try to stay awake at 3 a.m. on a Tuesday. You’re on call in a hospital and the emergencies have finally slowed to a halt. Optimism suddenly rises and you hope that you […]
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