So excited that we can finally share this. The Republic is now open for Fiction submissions. Paying ~N300,000/$200 for stories. Look out for more details, especially on who our trailblazing fiction editor is! In the meantime, our submissions page: rpublc.com/submissions/

On this Workers Day remember that a poor person working full time at minimum wage cannot afford the basket of goods. This means they’re often nutritionally poor too. The same workers spend 60% or more of their very low wages on transport.

last night / this morning, i turned in the final draft of my book. cover reveal and pre-order link for “Bloodmercy” drops tomorrow.

friends? x

Megan Ross Thank you sis ❤️🙏🏿

All this and no mention OF THE GIANT FUCKING TOWNSHIP ON YOUR LEFT AS YOU EXIT THE AIRPORT.

Friends in the poetry and literary space: who still reviews poetry, particularly African poetry? I'm looking for magazines, blogs, influencers, journals - ANYTHING. Please share for visibility. Thank you x

War is never inevitable. Weapons can and must fall silent, for they never solve problems but only intensify them. Those who sow peace will endure throughout history, not those who reap victims. Others are not enemies to hate but human beings with whom to speak.

doing a roundup of South African zines... any suggestions? x

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“Can it return a prisoner, can it find meaning in all of this, can it find a name?” — Mohammed Moussa 🇵🇸

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I am building a full list of short stories by Kenyan writers published since Jan 2017. Please share links to those that are missing or indicate in what anthologies/collections to find them. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

People think I'm kidding when I say there is a fascist agenda behind the promotion of AI. These devices are designed to kill literacy. We grew up in one of those rare periods of history where most people could read, and those who can read are harder to control.

'Rashid Lombard is an OG. A Grootman. A hard livings cat from a generation that loved and drank and danced and argued prodigiously and then stood up to the Man with the sort of fearless insouciance and fight rare in this age of superficial social media “politics” & “activism”.'

With the journey of the Freedom Flotilla, I’ve been thinking a lot about the ocean, about rivers & seas, and this poem, which I wrote in 2015, for my then-baby boy, came to me open.substack.com/pub/megannatas… #writer #writing #substack #newsletter #newwriting #poem #poetry

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BREAKING NEWS IN MOTORSPORT TODAY!!! FIA approved design proposals to upgrade South Africa’s Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit to Grade 1 status - international standard for hosting Formula 1.

why i chose to be a writer, and why i continue to be one, when it is such a bruising business, is beyond me today.