Always gonna give flowers to FIYAH! My first time being paid for my writing was because of FIYAH🫶🏾Had so much fun talking to christian is writing, “GayBob” about AfroSurrealism, indigenous story forms & my writing practice. Check it out on FIYAH Literary Magazine YouTube channel🫶🏾

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🤣🤣🤣Laughs in Drinking from Graveyard Wells

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Drinking from this currently ..Yvette Lisa Ndlovu (Publishing Updates Only)

“Each story is worth its weight in diamonds.” A wonderful review of Drinking from Graveyard Wells from a Zimbabwean reader🫶🏾

I have a theory about why beyonce has stoppped filming music videos. People have long disrespected her craft by saying she isn’t a vocalist, she is “just a dancer/ performer.” So she was like bet, no more videos for you peasants, you will only experience my voice. Petty🤣

A book stack for March: story collections that center the lives of women and girls 📚 (Not coincidentally, some of my all-time favorite books)

Had such a lovely time tonight chatting with the book club, thank you for inviting me into this space 💙💙💙

Calling all Black speculative poets & writers!!! Voodoonauts is back from hiatus🚀🚀 See you in August. App deadline May 1st🫶🏾

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Here is my mother, Rachael Hope Banda, my first light, who died before she could live—at 33, and still dreaming.

She loved literature by African writers and teaching it to Zambian pupils in her decade long career.

Here is The Hope Prize, created in her honour.

Awesome new Zambian literary journal to check out & support! Wonderful work Mubanga Kalimamukwento📚OBLIGATIONS TO THE WOUNDED BRITTLE PAPER

Excuse me while I scream😮‍💨 Mbozi Haimbe Fiske S Nyirongo and I started a Zambian literary magazine🥹 We just launched. Thank you to everyone who held our hand Ukamaka Olisakwe; Or, Ngalakwesili, Isele Magazine, Shenandoah & Kelsey Trom. Please read what our wonderful writers gifted us in issue 1 🫶🏾

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BookOfCinz Book Club picks:

Janaury: HOW TO SAY BABYLON Safiya Sinclair

February: THE SECRET LIVES OF BABA SEJI’S WIVES Lọlá Shónẹ́yìn

March: DRINKING FROM GRAVEYARD WELLS Yvette Lisa Ndlovu (Publishing Updates Only)

Wonderful year for African SFF. In good company with some favs @wtalabi @tobithedreamer Chinelo Onwualu Suyi Davies Okungbowa go vote for us💙

she's hereee my pink dolphin story based on the myth of la amazonía!!!! it's also my week one @clarionwest story!!! i love Uncanny Magazine so much and i'm soo happy they chose to feature la mandíbula on their podcast and interview me as well 🩷🩷🩷🐬🐬🐬
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