Creative Writing

Woke - to be aware of social injustice, to see beyond the facade of social construct, to be aware of the connection between self…

No one in our shores is oblivious of the feel good factor that comes with a sacrificial ram. It puts smiles on the faces of…

The old furniture that gets shipped in. A pile of them by the road side. Faded leather, bug ridden. The man with the hungry…

It all started when he got into action movies. After he received that bag full of DVDs from his uncle on one of his visits from…

The mass exodus of Gambians to neighboring Senegal and remote border villages in the frenzied scramble for safety when Yaya Jammeh…

To the young girl, lady or old woman who suffered or is suffering the pains of a splitting tenderness, I give you my words… A bed…

It was the fourth day. Most of us were still alive. My eyes had adjusted to the darkness enough  that I could make out the dark…

The rains, They come from the place where the stolen things return. They come with the wind which in futility tries to blow…

It is one of those far off memories, partly there, partly gone. I remember being taken aback by the color of the sky. It was so…

And so I asked, how does one get over grief? There must be a technique to it. A secret method. A secret that had been…