Diaspora Stories

...HIS FOREIGNER An affluent and successful consultant doctor. He came home from England with more than money. He came home with a wife. A north American Canadian. A blonde. His Karen. Jidenna Clinton Nwokoro also known as CJ is the first and only son of a proud Igbo family. Handsome. Successful. And deeply in love. But in Igbo land, a son's wife is not his alone. She belongs to the family. To the ancestors. To tradition. The moment his mother, Madam Nwokoro, saw Karen's blue eyes and golden hair, she declared war. "My son will not bring oyibo to shame and end our lineage. She knows nothing about our culture." Now Jidenna is caught in the middle. Between a mother who refuses to bless them... A wife who doesn't understand why her red George isn't enough. A number of women brought to him by his mother for marriage And a society that sees inter racial marriages as an abomination Coral beads vs. blonde hair. Village pride vs. London love. Will Jidenna fight for his foreigner? Or will tradition break them apart? Start reading now. The war starts in Chapter 1. 🔥

For The Teen Turning Fourteen Diaries of a Teenager #1 Dearest reader, I'm Zielle, 14 years old. So... where should we start? Maybe, just maybe, like any other normal reader, you turn to page one, where my awkward phase of being a teenager begins. Though I think I never really got over that. Or to my other entries filled with my homesickness, crushes, random thoughts, and the little (and not-so-little) adjustments that come with starting over. Maybe you'll relate to me, maybe not. Maybe you'll learn something, maybe not. (I'm hoping that you actually do learn something though or I'll cry myself to sleep every night). Anyways, if you're still reading this... I hope you don't judge me and my diary.

A prose poem.

Seventeen-year-old Aleena Zhao has everything, fame, success, and a life millions would envy. But behind the cameras, the perfect smile, and a mother who has built an empire around her daughter, Aleena is quietly falling apart. Then there's Harvey Chang, a nineteen-year-old rapper she barely knows, a ridiculous television show, and a secret she's spent years trying not to think about. As the lines between what is real and what is performed begin to blur, Aleena finds herself pulled deeper into a world where everyone seems to want something from her. And sometimes, finding your own voice means risking everything you've been told to protect.

In this sample chapter, new student Marquise Blood sneaks into a party he has no business attending. His roommate, Jerome promised that if he went, he'd be see the Negro Spirit in action, wielded by older students who'd mastered their craft. But Marquise didn't expect to wind up in a Rhyme Battle, stare down an angry mob, or have his (possibly magic?) hallucinations triggered by the party! Why didn't he just stay in his room? If you enjoy these characters, our flawless narrator, or the Southernplayalisticadillacfunkymajik misadventures described here, be on the look out for the full story in the upcoming novel, Hidden Black Conjure University: Delinquents!

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G.A.M.E.S: God, Africa, Master, Effects, Slavery

A compilation of poems written in the year 2017. The poems' themes range from lush beginnings, nostalgia and separation, to domestic violence, charades, social advocacy and the power of The Unrivalled. Basically, the anthology you did not ask for.

Je pensais que quitter Dakar pour la France allait changer ma vie. Comme beaucoup, j'imaginais Paris comme une promesse : celle d'un avenir meilleur, de la réussite, de l'amour et de l'indépendance. Mais derrière les lumières de la Ville Lumière se cachaient la solitude, les refus, les nuits d'angoisse, les cœurs brisés et les combats invisibles. Entre études, difficultés administratives, recherche de travail, déceptions amoureuses et moments où même ma foi vacillait, j'ai dû apprendre à survivre loin des miens. Le Pas dans l'Inconnu est une histoire vraie. Le récit d'une femme qui a quitté son pays avec des rêves plein les yeux... et qui a découvert que parfois, les plus grands combats se mènent en silence. Mais même au cœur des nuits les plus sombres, une lumière finit toujours par renaître.

" I didn't come all the way here to find her again. But the universe had other plans." Teni came abroad to start over: to get her degree, to keep her head down, and to finally learn how to live for herself. She wasn't looking for love-especially not with Ari, the girl she's loved quietly since high school, the girl who has always felt like a soft ache she couldn't name. But when a campus party ends in a kiss neither of them can forget, Teni and Ari find themselves pulled back into each other's orbit, forced to confront feelings they've buried, fears they've ignored, and the parts of themselves they've been too scared to share. As protests stir on campus and friendships grow tighter, Teni discovers that coming of age is messy, and loving out loud takes courage she's not sure she has. A tender, slow-burn story of Black queer love, friendship, and learning that sometimes, home is not a place, but the people who see you fully-even when you can't see yourself.

Verdure of Sands is the 2026 collection of short stories by Keraashar. The stories explore the lives of Indians and UAE-based Indians as they navigate themes of cultural identity, ambition, longing, and the subtle, bittersweet realities of the expatriate experience.

Some crossings are not journeys - they are decisions you can never undo. When unease begins to ripple through Pearl City, Mei Lin moves her family to the Royal Kingdom, believing it will offer stability, fairness, and opportunity. She tells herself it is only a bridge between two lives. But the bridge she steps onto is made of paper. Fragile. Silent. One way. Behind her, ageing parents continue their days without her, their presence slowly reduced to phone calls and distant memories. Ahead, her children grow roots in unfamiliar soil, speaking of the future in a language of belonging she herself never fully acquires. Work brings its own disillusionments. The new home offers safety, yet never quite feels secure; the old home remains emotionally close, yet increasingly unreachable. Years later, another truth begins to surface: she did not only leave her parents behind. One day, she may also find herself separated from her children, whose idea of "home" no longer includes the city she once called hers. Migration, she learns, is not simply relocation. It is a slow reshaping of identity, family, and time itself. Paper Bridge is a quiet literary novel about departure, generational distance, resilience, and the invisible cost of choosing a future that can never fully replace the past.

AS A PRINCESS, MAGIC AND DUTY ARE IN HER BLOOD. AT LEAST THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. (Full story available on the zon.) An overlooked princess journeys to the edges of the realm to reclaim her stolen magic but discovers her entire world is at risk of destruction. --------------- At twenty, Lafia Ketonga has reached the age of eligibility. She only has to pass her Demonstration of Magic and she can officially begin courting and start her path to her dream of being a light leader. However, her magic is inconsistent and she's pretty sure it's broken. She's also certain that the gray smoke that has grown over the mountains above her kingdom of Narut, has something to do with it. Lafia finds herself on an adventure that takes her to the magical land where her former mentor lives, and beyond, all with the hope she'll find the answer to her failed magic. Despite the impossible choice she faces between her dreams and saving the world and people she loves, she always remembers what all the royals of Faduwata understand. Faduwata is, always. Maradobu Chronicles Series Description: Faduwata is, always. Everything a princess understands of her world, along with her future, is threatened and the only way to save it and her dreams is to reclaim her magic. But that requires going to the one place forbidden, just outside of the realm of Maradobu. The Tokahaya. Light of the Dark Moon is An Otherworldly Royal Chosen One Epic Fantasy Clean YA NA Adventure.

"One day we will build a new home," Evaan had said, when frustration and grief drove Leia to tears. "We will rebuild a new Alderaan, a new Aldera city even. We will build a station in the very place where Alderaan once was, and when that day comes we will truly be able to say "this year we're in Aldera."

"I was born with a pen in one hand, and a silence in the other. The world gave me horror stories-monsters, curses, shadows in closets. But I had to unearth the one they buried deep... The one where I was the haunted thing- and the only way out was remembering who I was before I forgot." This is the story of Oriyomi Nyamewa Adekora, a woman born from divinity, silence, and fire. In this supernatural, Afro-spiritual tale, Oriyomi uncovers the truth that her deepest fear was never a creature-it was the weight of memory. What starts as a mysterious haunting leads her into a realm of ancestral messages, unfinished rituals, and the reawakening of power hidden in plain sight. Chapter by chapter, she walks the path from fear... to flame... to guide. And you're invited to walk it with her. This is not just a horror story. It's an initiation.

The story of a little introvert who slowly believed in herself and discovered the power of her voice.

"Hummingbird Hymns" focuses on Trinidadian-specific content, such as Trinidadian authors, stories, culture, spirituality, arts, and more! Please note: Hummingbird Hymns is not Trinidadian-Indigenous exclusive. We will be focusing on all Trinidadian voices because of the unique, shared and welcoming culture.

This is the third in a series of interactive journals designed to help people grow personally, spiritually, and possibly even professionally. There is a daily message that contains a motivational quote, a Bible verse, a vocabulary word, and a message I write personally. Hopefully they're written and compiled in a way you find inspiring or motivational. But the key to what makes it work are the daily journaling questions. There are six questions at the end of every message. They stay the same, but you might find your answers to them change over time. They're simple questions, but living in a way that helps you improve your answers to them will change your life. I hope you decide to try it out, and if you do decide to try it out, I pray you won't be disappointed. Thanks, Jake.