Africa, As We Know It - Hummingbird Journal
This issue engages with stories reanimated from memory, recaptured in the present and relived for the future. They propel explorations winding through busy streets, briefly stalling at intersections; before finally burrowing deep in our homes, perhaps to visit or dwell indefinitely. Or, peradventure, the scenic route is taken as they meander through markets, run in rivers, totter in trotros, never finding a resting place, continuously building momentum.
IN THIS ISSUE:
- In Conversation:
Ucheoma Onwutuebe
Winner of the O Henry Prize for Short Fiction and the Waasnode Fiction Prize. Her story ‘Man’ was shortlisted for the 2026 ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award.
- Fiction:
Fishing for Cats — Kehinde Winful (Nigeria)
Tate — Judith & Margaret Lombe (Zambia)
A Lie Is A Lie Is A Lie — Yeayi Kobina (Ghana)
Waiting On Agadez — Molara Wood (Nigeria)
- Poetry:
Groundnut shells — Ometere Ikpegor (Nigeria)
Imo River — Victor Ihechiluru Unachukwu (Nigeria)
Homeland Drumskin — Daniel Naawenkangua Abukuri (Ghana)
Tro-trouble — Caleb Morton (Ghana)
Saturday Shopping — Olivia Kayang (Ghana)
Ampe — Andrews Owusu Appiah-Kubi (Ghana)
Kejetia — Bohemianthoughts (Ghana)
- Creative Non-Fiction:
Wait For Me, Nwannem — Mercy Aseka (Kenya)
What Happened in Ghana — Sapphire Mclaniyi-Agbley (Nigeria)
- Hybrid:
How to Make Tatale (for City Girls) — Olivia Kayang (Ghana)
- Art/ Photography:
Homes We Carry — Reath Bol ( South Sudan)
I Know My Grandmother Through the Shape of My Head — Simon Bokor (Ghana)
The Great Sunset — Faisal Forever (Ghana)
Sunset on the beach — Bridget E. Agboyie (Ghana)
The Spirit of Kente — Jonathan Tetteh Nartey (Ghana)
No works have been published in this issue yet.