AHA! (or if Hamlet was alive in the 21st Ct. and was Sudanese)

by Omukuvah Otido                                                    Download pdf ~ epub ~ mobi- True, Horatio -In certain dialectic planeswhere thesis morphs with antithesis lovers eagerly forsake visasto tiger economies and sky-scraped landsfor the sake of loveand tar dark offspringin …

A Stranger’s Words to a Father

by Kadmiella Akosua Atuah                                    Download pdf ~ epub ~ mobiThere are so many thingsThings she wishes she could tell,So you understand at least a fourth of herBut she can’t say really, she can’t just becausebecause you aren’t really made for that.You aren’t made of …

Msaa

by Joe Mwenda                                     Download pdf ~ epub ~ mobiThe hangover that should be gone by mid-morning lingersThe afternoon solar is lethalA brother sells cabbages by the roadsideBlocking my path, of fellow in hurry, impatient, tired walkers,Of those that cook, of dust.How else will …

Playing in Shadows

by Mulumba Ivan Matthias                       Download pdf ~ epub ~ mobi Gourds he shookeyes opened wideevil spirits to huntpitiful we, to save.Up and down he jumpedmad man akinancestors to convenepitiful we, to free.Hoarsely he spokebefore hard slapevil spirits to beatpitiful we, to leave.Eyes he toldon the ground to stayas raucous noise he madepitiful we, to free.Loudly he spokeat his feet to placegifts …

Trapped

by Margaret Muthee                                                        Download pdf ~ epub ~ mobiHow did this happen? My life has been reduced to eating, reading, sleeping, hours with a shrink and some god damn music therapy session. I lie on a slim bed staring at the high white ceiling that seems to echo my screams every time I exhale. This usually is most of the …

Home

by Peter Ngila                                                                      Download pdf ~ epub ~ mobi   When everybody is looking up and the sun’s lips are about to connect with the moon’s in a kiss, and when the clouds are all smiling, Buda slaps me hard on the cheeks. The piece of glass I’m holding slides onto the ground and shatters into uncountable pieces. I shake …

Chi Chi Voices

by  Novisi Dzitrie                                                  Download pdf ~ epub ~ mobi The usual thing for me is to cross the street to grab lunch. Two balls of kenkey and a plate of well peppered domedo. No matter what, a man lives by bread. And more money makes a man eager to look for more places to spend more. So come payday you …

Sixth Issue

Download pdf ~ epub ~ mobiDownload pdf ~ epub ~ mobiShort StoriesChi Chi Voices ~~ Novisi DzitrieTrapped ~~ Margaret MutheeHome ~~ Peter NgilaPoetryPlaying in Shadows ~~ Mulumba Ivan MatthiasMsaa ~~ Joe MwendaA Stranger’s Words to a Father ~~ Kadmiella Akosua AtuahAHA! ~~ Omukuvah OtidoEditorsDilman DilaDavina Kawuma  Cover ArtworkJonathan OjokPublished by: Dilstories Ltd, December 2015Web:         www.dilstories.com Email:         lawino-magazine@dilstories.comRead Online: https://lawino-magazine.com/?p=12 

Confluence

By Nurain Oladeji                                                      Download pdf, mobi, epubAt the threshold where land Provokes sea, waves birthRipples of looming uncertainties-Soil, water, and otherClashing realities of time.Lured to stay loyalTo memories of air, lungs, gasps,Heaving chest: antidotes of death.Alligators ditch …