Afrosoul Stories

She stared at her phone. 2:13 AM. Delivered. Still delivered. 14 hours. No blue ticks. No reply from Silver. She sat in her small room in Ondangwa, fairy lights from PEP flickering above her. Her notes app open, a song she couldn't send him: _Give me a chance._ Her bestie Ama said, "If he wanted to, he would." Her producer Jay said, "Don't text him. Sing it." So she sang it. Voice shaking, eyes full of tears, into her cracked phone. She performed at a café in Ongwediva for N$100 and free juice. She went viral in Ondangwa - 200 views, then 1000 plays. She rode a Quantum taxi that felt like a world tour. She counted N$3,000 and called herself rich. She left him on delivered for two days. She forgave him but never went back. And then she stared at Jay - who filmed everything, who carried her water, who never made her feel small - and sang him a new song. "Plus One." He taught her the lesson. Jay got the plus one. She went from begging for a chance to becoming the reply.

Different points of view in African society and tales from the African Youth

Compilation of 10 talented singers : Jazzmeia Horn, Lianne La Havas, Asa, Bia Ferreira, Mahalia, Concha Buika, Celine Banza, Mayra Andrade, Tems and Falana