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Tag Archives: memoir

1 [noun] a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge

2 the best memoir writing from Doek!.

24 May 202225 May 2022 Nina Van ZylIn Issue 8: Komesho

Motherhood I did not like being pregnant.

23 July 202130 July 2021 Moso SematlaneIn Issue 6: Tomorrow/Together

Ephemeral States In A Mall Parking Lot In a state of youth, no one thinks they’ll one day grow to be old.

22 July 202130 July 2021 Sylvia K. IlahukaIn Issue 6: Tomorrow/Together

Now That I Have Seen You You cannot judge a woman until you’ve walked a mile in her shoes—or sat by her stirruped legs while she winces through an abortion.

22 July 202129 August 2021 Natasha UysIn Issue 6: Tomorrow/Together

Ouma Sofie’s Gold Hospital staff said she could have gone home long ago, they simply never knew where to send her.

12 March 202130 July 2021 Sindi-Leigh McBrideIn Issue 5: Start/Continue

A Sombre School Story What happens when the return is worse than the departure?

12 March 202130 July 2021 Frowin BeckerIn Issue 5: Start/Continue

Is There A Doctorate In The House? A cul-de-sac at the edge of the world.

1 November 202031 July 2021 Bisi AdjaponIn Issue 4: Worlds Beyond This One...

The Roasted Plantain Seller Of East Legon Buy enough so we can also get money to eat!

1 July 202031 July 2021 Nicole LudolphIn Issue 3: Stories From A Small Place...

Shadow Man A week before he abandoned his body at the bottom of the bathtub we had an argument.

1 February 202031 July 2021 Emily SchlinkIn Issue 2: Stories Find Stories...

Realisations Who can know the true intimacy of medicine?

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