African literature! In the 21st century, the stories of Africa are still being vetted by the West. There is no excuse for this shame. The elephant in the room. If the “African writer” does not escape to the West, nothing,...

First published in the Survival Issue.   Perhaps it was the colour of her eye-liner – swimming-pool blue – that made me wonder if she had been crying. They say mothers know when their babies are hurt, in distress, in pain,...