High School Students send in their creative pieces e.g. poetry, short stories and the likes.
By Kasope Foluwaa, Nigeria: I heard the sound of a gunshot. Reflexively, I shut my eyes not wishing to know what had happened. I heard a groan beside me; it wasn't familiar, and the only thought on my heart was RUN! Like a sack of beans hitting the pavement, I heard a thud beside me, but I was too scared […]
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By Lydia Umoh-Abasi, Nigeria: Throughout my life I’ve never known kindness. I’m bad luck in human form. My mother died when she gave birth to me, my father remarried and my stepmother gave birth to a girl, Elisha. Elisha died on my eleventh birthday and that sent my stepmother packing. My father was so depressed until he met my second […]
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By Abigail Oyo-Ita, Nigeria: Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out Your world comes crashing Just when it seems the pieces are beginning to fit A new piece is thrown in Just when when you think the mist has cleared And you can clearly see the path before you It begins to rain heavily These are the […]
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By Jensen Rubahamya, Uganda: Inferiority complex Sowed in an innocent youth Wealthy but blind…to avalanche of their intellectual property Seed intent to white supremacy, a systematic conspiracy to invade the privacy of their soul Piracy of its intellect … passed without a verdict Yet ridiculed and branded a disgrace Drawing inspiration from a subdued subconscious Subtle revelations of ingenuity wrapped […]
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By Jensen Rubahamya, Uganda: Tormented! Confronting this depression is heart wrenching I’ve crashed my spirit a thousand times Trying so hard to find elusive reincarnation Looked forward to growing up, but now stuck on a distant childhood Nothing is quite what it was before anymore The youth bursting with hope and life now getting visions of ending it Desperately flirting […]
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