Africanwriter Stories

They killed her parents and thought they got away with it. Meerah left with nothing but grief and a promise. 5 years later, she came back... not for blood, but for justice. And she's going to expose every single lie. #RevengeWithJustice

I was reading an anonymous confession on WhatsApp when I saw myself at 7 years old. A light-yellow house. A mango tree in the compound. My mom braiding hair on the veranda. One Saturday, my cousin showed me a secret game. A game we all kept quiet about. That game followed me for years. Through school. Through moves. Through teenage years. No one knew. TW: childhood trauma / abuse This is a short fiction for the girl who wrote that confession, and for every girl like me who grew up too fast and is trying to find her way back. You're not dirty. You're not broken. You're not alone. A debut short story by GYEM WRITES.

THE UNOPENED GRAVE They called him useless. In a kingdom drowning in hunger, corruption, and war, he was the last man anyone expected to become a savior. Yet when Aerathor's people had nowhere else to turn, he fought for them. He fed the hungry. He protected the helpless. He defeated enemies the royal armies could not. And slowly, the people began to love him. That was when the king began to fear him. Whispers filled the palace. "The people no longer respect the crown." "They follow him." "If he is not stopped, he will become more powerful than the throne." The king listened. And the kingdom's greatest protector was condemned. They killed him. They buried him beneath ancient stone. They sealed his grave. And they believed the kingdom had finally silenced him. But some things cannot be buried. Some deaths do not end with a final breath. And some graves... were never meant to remain unopened. 🕯️⚔️👑 THE UNOPENED GRAVE A dark tale of power, betrayal, sacrifice, vengeance, and a kingdom that will eventually learn the price of killing the man who saved it. PRESIDO DYNASTY UNIVERSE ALL HAIL PRESIDO - VOL. I

The Seventeenth Secret Zareen had already lost the people who were supposed to protect her. Her parents were gone. Her grandparents were gone. The only family she had left was the uncle who had raised her and kept her safe for most of her life. But Zareen never imagined that the quiet life she knew was built on secrets. Everything changes when she discovers a connection to Room 17-a room nobody is willing to talk about and a secret her family has kept buried for years. As Zareen begins searching for answers, she finds herself surrounded by people she cannot completely trust. There are old lies, hidden identities, betrayal, and truths about her family that she was never meant to discover. And the deeper she goes, the more she realizes that the people around her may not be who she thought they were. Some secrets are meant to stay buried. But the seventeenth secret was never meant to be found. And once Zareen discovers it, there is no going back.

She refused to trade her dignity for success. He stole years of her life. Twenty years later, fate brings them together again-not as lecturer and student, but as accused and judge. In a courtroom where every secret demands the truth, one question remains: Can justice heal what power destroyed? LAW OF KARMA - Coming Soon.

This is a book about becoming whole while still broken. Pieces of Me I'm Learning to Love is a collection of reflections, memories, and quiet confessions about love, loss, longing, healing, and self-discovery. Written in fragments and truths, this book holds the thoughts we never say out loud, the ones about staying too long, leaving too late, and learning to choose yourself even when it hurts. If you've ever loved deeply, felt unseen, or tried to heal in silence, this book is for you. A Rwandan voice, telling a universal story.

Dawn has a crush! Okay fine, that's not big news because maybe she has a new one every other month but things seem a bit different this time and it looks like it could actually blossom into something more. Writing is her way of expressing herself and navigating feelings, being such an introvert and all, so we follow Dawn on this cute little journey of love maybe. This is a short but fluffy one

This is a story about Adamma the Muslim Girl.Check out her Adventures.

Love and depression poems

Not everyone can say they found true love but what happens when you find it and it's about to slip away? Ola worries that things she can't control may threaten the true love she has found with Obi - her heart. This is a real case of, 'If it's better to have never loved or better to have loved but lost it' *** This story is written by @OgeLeanda for the Wattpad Romance contest with the theme 'Love in the time of tragedy'. Word count: 2,844 Chapters: 3

"What are you doing here?!" "Well, Hi Emily. Before you start getting angry, let me just let you know that I'm also really fiesty and I can lose my temper too." Ellis is getting closer to Emily now as he speaks his mind. "Do you know how inconvenienced I've been just to find you? I'm about to get a scolding from my father and best friends because of you." He corners her to a wall and raises his hand to block her from running out. Emily's face turns pale all of a sudden and she feels some chills run down her body and her spine. Her lips are dry and at this point she doesn't understand why Ellis hasn't kissed her already. Ellis can tell now that Emily really wants a kiss and he gets close to her as if about to kiss her, then he gives a coy smile and then moves away from Emily. "Can we take a walk" Emily James is an African who hails from Ghana and is flown to the United States to study and clear her Father's name when the time comes. Ellis Walters, the son of Famous Economic guru and Business man falls in love at first sight with Emily. What they both don't know is that their Families are just pawns in a game of political Banter and a long lasting hatred.

Alonzo Calvana is out for revenge when the most important people to him were murdered but he loses focus when he lets Aleena Taraji in his life.

How long does it take to really heal a loss. Days, months, years? I guess it's individualistic. But who do we become in the process of grieving?

"Three brothers. One bloodline. One ancient power that was never meant to be found. Spartak has stood unbroken for generations - protected by a barrier, bound by loyalty, and ruled by discipline. But when Akai awakens inside one of their own, the greatest threat to Spartak was never the demons beyond the barrier. It was always within."

Amara Vale grew up learning that love doesn't always stay, and home doesn't always feel like home. After losing her father at a young age, she is sent to live with her aunt in a house where she feels more like a burden than family. Silence becomes her language. Survival becomes her routine. And dreams of something better become the only thing she holds onto. But everything changes when she leaves her country behind and moves across the world in search of a new beginning. In a place where everything feels unfamiliar, Amara meets Nick Evans - a man who doesn't treat her like she's too much, or not enough, but simply like she matters. For the first time, she begins to learn what it feels like to be seen... and to be loved gently. But healing is not simple, and neither is learning to trust a love that feels too soft to be real. Because sometimes, the hardest thing isn't finding love... It's believing you deserve it.

*LOVE PHOBIA* _Love is a big word. But Yun Bia calls it a stupid word._ At 10, she learned the hard way: "I love you" can cost you your dignity, your pride, and your peace. So she built walls. Thick ones. Then Han Sunho showed up. The boy who noticed her pain. The boy who shielded her from rain with his hoodie. The boy who said, "You know... not everyone leaves." But Yun Bia is scared. Because love feels like standing on the edge of a cliff. Beautiful. Dangerous. One wrong step and you fall. *Can she let someone in before her fear ruins the only good thing she has?* > _"Maybe the saddest thing about love is not rejection. > Maybe it's meeting someone good while your heart is too damaged to believe in them."_

After seven years of working abroad, she boards a plane to return home to her child. But fate has other plans. When a hurricane reroutes their flight into the Bermuda Triangle, nothing is ever the same. Between death and dreams, sea monsters and spiritual beings, she must survive the impossible - all for the one thing that keeps her alive: love. A haunting, emotional tale of survival, myth, and a mother's unwavering heart.

"The Kids are depressed" is a story of 20 Nigerian teenagers navigating through emotional and mental trauma

Maya is a young black girl from Africa who lived with her parents in a rented apartment in Lagos, Nigeria. She is beautiful and always had boys chasing after her. She loves to party, dance and hang out with friends but unfortunately her father never allowed it. She never had the freedom to explore and meet new people. All she did was cook, clean, go to school and help her mother in the store. This got her very bored and she decided to move out so she could be free to live the life she wanted. Eventually, she saw it all too soon and this led to her encounter with grace.