Kadija Sesay, Author at The Missing Slate

Literature, Magazine, PoetryMay 8, 2016

This House is an African House

By Kadija Sesay

“This house is an African house./ This your body is an African womanâ€™s body…” By Kadija Sesay.

In the Issue, Literature, Magazine, PoetryMay 8, 2016

Property of a Sorceress

By Viola Allo

“She died under mango trees, under kola nut/ and avocado trees, her nose pressed to their roots,/ her hands buried in dead leaves, her thin legs/ spread out like palm oil in a hot pan.” By Viola Allo.

Fiction, Literature, MagazineMay 8, 2016

Sketches of my Mother

By Chika Unigwe

“The mother of my memories was elegant. She would not step out of the house without her trademark red lipstick and perfect hair. She did not walk with slow steps as this stranger did…” By Chika Unigwe.

Literature, Magazine, PoetryMay 8, 2016

Transgendered

By Jumoke Verissimo

“Lagos is a chronicle of liquid geographies/ Swimming on every tongue…” By Jumoke Verissimo.

Fiction, Literature, MagazineMay 8, 2016

Between Two Worlds

By Amma Darko

“Ursula spotted the three black students immediately. Everyone did. They could not be missed because they kept to themselves and apart from the rest….” Excerpted from â€˜Between Two Worldsâ€™, by Amma Darko.

Literature, Magazine, PoetryMay 8, 2016

A Dry Season Doctor in West Africa

By Viola Allo

“She presses her toes together. I will never marry, she says. Jamais dans cette vie! Where can I find a man like you?” By Viola Allo.

Fiction, Literature, MagazineMay 8, 2016

The Way of Meat

By Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

“Every dayâ€”any dayâ€”any one of us could be picked out for any reason, and we would be… Weâ€™d part like hair, pushing into the walls of our containment area, then alternately cry, call, or sigh when the farmhand wrestled his pick off the floor.” By Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond.