Kalahari Review
A home for African writing
Derek Workman
Editor-in-Chief Gaborone Magazine and Kalahari Review
The Kalahari Review
Where Africa tells her stories
Latest Posts
Sex Ain’t No Casual Affair Baby
An essay that delves into the reality of causal sex and how it’s impossible to separate our emotions from the deed — from Valerie Tendai…
Broken Chords of Pain
A personal essay that revolves around love and betrayal — from Chidera Chinedu
Burning at Fahrenheit 451
A collection of poems reflecting on some of the malfunctions of life and society — from Daniel Joe
Beti’s Garden
A story about a woman’s creative ability to make the most of life and the community who supports her — by Fatima Kara
Migration is Violent
Poems discussing migration — the separation from home, home-loss-ness, and adjusting in a new place — from Nengak Daniel Gondyi
Family Matters
A story about a fractured relationship that touches on themes of choice, guilt, and grief — from Nigerian Amarachi J. Ike
Broken Endings
Poems about a girl who died and had a brief out-of-body experience afterwards— by Kenyan Salama Wainaina
Broken Wings
Three poems about facing the challenges, finding a safe place to belong, and the struggles of being an African — by Ghanaian Bright Aboagye
Football
New short fiction from Ugandan Owen Mushabe
The “Doctor-Dream”
The story of a young woman’s journey of self-discovery, from childhood aspirations of becoming a doctor to finding her true calling — from…
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