Article first appeared on The EastAfrican. American feminist, theorist and writer bell hooks often says that patriarchy has no gender, and Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi offers an unflinching look at this maxim in her second novel, out this month in North America with the title A Girl is a Body of […]
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SAND is an international literary journal published twice a year . They will be open for submissions of fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, translations, and visual art from Wednesday, July 29th 2020. Simone O’Donovan ,Managing Editor at SAND Journal had this to say ,“We’re seeking out writing and art […]
Day one of the Professional Training workshop for Creative Writers gathered participants from various walks of life; from practising writers to a few that are just starting out. The one common strand between all of them was that they felt the call to write and to add quality or improve […]
Reading Sylva Nze Ifedigbo’s long awaited short story collection, the first thing that struck me was the way story after story mirrored the society perfectly. Knowing the writer and his interest in social commentary, I was not surprised. What surprised me though, was the writer’s ability to turn everyday occurrences […]