Posts from Olongo Africa

Corruption in Zimbabwe’s health care system has resulted in public hospitals and clinics facing numerous challenges.

What comes to mind when you talk of echo?

The snack is a nostalgic reminder of rural life.

in this country anything can die in a policeman's hand

If you think this story is going to end unhappily for me, you’re badly mistaken. Fortunately, I’m the narrator.

Books that kept us going during this annus horribilis.

In any case the gifts I want / No money can buy. / Not now. Not this year.

I could see smoke rising from a distance.

a platform built by writers and readers for writers and readers

in search of an alternative male identity

digging Babel’s debris for remnants

only the birds will sing of us

Download as PDFMorocco’s reputation as a demographically heterogeneous country is perhaps one of its internationally recognizable characteristics. The presence of many ethnic groups, mainly dark-skinned people, is clear proof that traces of the Trans-Saharan trade are still unquestionably vivid. Ostrich eggs, salt, and jewelry were among the goods traded across the Sahara. Nevertheless, those, unfortunately, […]