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Club for Short Stories | Short Stories by African Authors | Short imaginations | Short realities| Short reads.

[Bantu Languages @BantuLanguages]

Baobab is a word of Arabic origin. But what's the name of this majestic African tree in your Ntu language?

[Dawn Chemoiwa @chemoiwadawn]

Loved this story. The paragraphs always left us with a yearning to know 'what next!'. The story took us to indulged in a discussion on what love and marriage does to women as Cici viewed it.

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This week we lived through Cici's life. And her quest for money and a certain kind of life. A quest that led us to death and chaos.

'The Labadi Sunshine Bar' by Billy McTernan. An AKO Caine Prize Award Nominee.

#African
#Literature

[Andishi Africa @AndishiAfrica]

Do you know of a community centre or children's home that would benefit from our Early Literacy Engagement program? Nominate them today and join us in opening up a world of possibilities for these young learners!

Nominate here -> https://t.co/ZLL5GO5qlB

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https://t.co/OolqkI0Dh1

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Another story that broke our hearts.

'Five Years Next Sunday' is story about destiny, choice, obsession, relationships and culture. This story took us to a place of shock.

She decided to trust and make a choice, and the men came for her with torches of fire and chants!

[Dawn Chemoiwa @chemoiwadawn]

I had to read it twice. Which I rarely do!

[Andishi Africa @AndishiAfrica]

If you are interested to learn Kenyan Sign Language contact the number for more information [phone] WhatsApp/call/text, let's break the barrier and inclusion in our society and in story telling.

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@DanquahRising Thank you for the lovely story! One of the things that made us curious was the story from Adwoa's perspective. Her thoughts that led to her actions. We enjoyed reading Kwame's head but what of Adwoa's?

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When A Man Loves A Woman
When thoughts become action
When love becomes dangerous
When children make you forget
And
When end of routine becomes death

This story made us question our love, thoughts, life and routines.

Loved it!!!

@CainePrize
@DanquahRising

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I completely agree with this!

[Andishi Africa @AndishiAfrica]

AFRO-FUTURISM.
Allowing your mind to go there.
As seen through the lens in (@larimah ) Lesley Nneka Arima’s short story, “What it Means When a Man falls from the Sky”.
This is probably one of the most precious works of African literature in existence out there.
Why?
A thread.

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In Another Country by Ifeanyichukwu Peter Eze. A story about death, morning, afterlife and family.

It was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

https://t.co/eCa78i7MwM

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@EziomaKalu Yes you can! Another ride though but you are welcome. I'll dm you

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Anthology Ride Alert!

#readerscommunity
#AfricanStories
#shortstory
#readers

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True! Many stories matter

[The Caine Prize for African Writing @CainePrize]

"Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity." Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

[Commonwealth Foundation Creatives @cwfcreatives]

'Let's Tell This Story Properly' by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, winner of the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Will it be your story this year? Submissions open tomorrow for the 2022 #CWprize.

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"This story had me cursing and yelling!" One of our members said during our weekly discussions.

A story about liars, love, family, wealth, pain and expatriates.

@cwwriters
#shortstories
#AfricanLiterature

https://t.co/wzGY9bnheI

[Dawn Chemoiwa @chemoiwadawn]

Amazing reads. I enjoyed the first two stories that brought some humor, sadness through the realities of the characters. Love, joy, pain and family.

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We started our Anthology Ride with:

What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky

by Lesley Nneka Arimah

'The future looks good' and 'War Stories' were our first two reads. Amazingly written and following diffetent characters through different events.

@larimah
#ShortStories

[Lolwe @Lolwe_]

Issue 3 is LIVE! Guest editors: @akhimalexis1, @ElfredaTetteh. Cover: @beararts0. Illustrations: @cocoette_. Stories, poems, essays & photos from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Trinidad, Kenya, Angola, St. Kitts & Nevis, Benin, South Africa, Brazil, USA, UK & more
https://t.co/yWIuoR9wcL

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@SoundaSheep Feel free to join us in reading and discussing this collection.