African Stories

They didn't welcome me to Paxton-they hurled me through its gates, head first into blood, fear, and whispers. My name is Sweetie. But in this all-boys Catholic school, t...

They have money. They have power. They have secrets. In the heart of Abuja's elite, sixteen-year-old Ayotunde Fashola is used to drama. But when a mysterious message sho...

At Prestige Academy, Alexander Ford is an enigmatic figure, the son of South Africa's richest billionaire. His family maintains a strict privacy, with no photos of his f...

"One must undergo many stages of heartbreak to understand the beating of the heart." Everything changed that night at the 6th grade dance when they kissed. Bo...

In the depths of his thoughts, he loathed her-every flick of her fingers when anxiety gripped her, every melodious note of her soft voice, every burst of ebullient laugh...

"Is it because I'm white?" I paused. Then, I burst out cackling, "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Anthony's expression remained the same and...

Reclusive, emo poet, Erioluwa Jesukite has demons that possess full control of his mind-thus reducing him to a vessel laden with anxiety-ridden thoughts and dark compuls...

In the aftermaths of the massive hurricane of liquid outpour that shook their entire world, residents of Lake County had never been more pedantic. Amongst those dazed by...

Prolific Author - Dayo Tijani has returned home to Nigeria from the United States, after invoking a one-year hiatus clause on his career, as a result of a dire-needed br...

Tari Ibiyemi and Lani Olaere were highschool sweethearts. The embodiment of the term, 'Young Love' that adored one another unconditionally until Tari fell prey to the cl...

Anjola Adeite is an extremely logical person in all her dealings, even in matters notorious for emotional entanglement clauses. Although a bit of a wallflower on the rel...

When two damaged souls that were once lovers reunite after seeing each other in a few coincidental events, old flames ignite but their love story is now entangled with l...

"shattered glass still glows" so they say but do you truly believe it?

At Greenville Academy, the stakes are high for the SS3 students-rivalries run deep, betrayal lurks in the shadows, and a single tragedy threatens to shatter everything...

Zoey and Zolani were born free in South Africa on the 27th of April 1994 but the twins didn't live that way, with Zolani in prison for murder and Zoey building walls hi...

Amelia Brown is a thirteen year old living the dream life. She's popular in her school, comes from a rich family and is considered to be one of the prettiest in her clas...

Chasing Fireflies in Lagos In the bustling chaos of Lagos, seventeen-year-old Ijeoma believes love is a luxury she can't afford. Life is about survival-dodging bills, gu...

Thando Aisha Ndlovu, a young ambitious and driven teen She is viewed as a girl who has her life sorted out , but theres more than what meets the eye Read her story as s...

In a mystical African village where silence speaks and laughter echoes through the hills, lives a woman named Nasira - who never stops laughing. Discover the magical sto...

"Abandoned. That was one feeling, she resented. It makes you feel worthless, not valuable enough. But that was exactly what she was, an abandoned child." *****...