Author: Commonwealth Writers

‘Only men?’ she speaks into the mass gathered at Satan’s gate to protest hell’s conditions. ‘Where are the women?’  …

kila lenye mwanzo lina mwisho what has a beginning has its ending – Siti binti Saad The photograph is tiny,…

'Chicken Boy' was shortlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   The seagull watches the children crawling up the…

'Soundtracker' was shortlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   Writing the ad was a struggle. It wasn’t until I…

How Scotland Erased Guyana from Its Past

In the beginning, some time before 1886, there was only veld – rolling, somewhat rocky hills of grassland. And while…

Identity, Disruption and Performance in Igbo culture

A Portrait of South Asian Beauticians in Houston

How Kenyan Cricket Lived and Died

‘Neighbourhood Watch’ was longlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

The Riverton City Dump

'An Insane Story' was longlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.