Africanlit Stories

Papa died 48 hours after I was born. Mama called me "That Day" - the day he left. She said I brought death, so I get death's share of everything. Cold food. Old clothes. A mat in the kitchen. But my sister Amina? She gets the meat. The love. The bottom pot. This is not a story about wicked stepmothers. This is a story about real mothers. And the daughters they choose not to love. Welcome to my house. Watch how a girl learns to survive on leftovers.

She fetched water alone at 3am. She was five years old. Apio was born the night her mother died - named for the daylight by a man sitting in the dark. Sent to live in her father's household, she learns quickly that some children eat from a different pot. That some children sleep in the back room. That some children are present in a household without being part of it. This is the story of what it costs to grow up in someone else's house. Of the teachers who pressed words into her early enough to hold against everything. Of the aunt who came with dates and a letter and the explicit threat of a magistrate. Of the girl who kept going - to a scholarship, to a school with two thousand books, to a university in London, to a programme that made sure other girls didn't have to carry what she carried alone. "She did not know she was drowning. She thought everyone swam this hard." Barefoot in the Dust is a novel about survival, about the chain of women who hold each other up across generations, and about what it means to finally arrive somewhere you chose. Set in Uganda.

Yotamu I never thought I could fall in love, my mind was set on making money and more money, until I met her the tomato selling lady.

The slow unwinding of a woman. ** None of the images used in this content or the cover are mine. The pictures are simply sourced to use in what I create. I do not take any credit for them. If you would like your image acknowledged or taken down please let me know. **

A different realm. A mission to save it. And a whole new adventure. ~~~ Blessing, an eighteen year old girl living with her adoptive parents, had always felt incomplete in her life. Something she owed to the fact she believed her birth parents left her because they did not love her. On a very bad day, Blessing wishes she could leave earth. A wish well granted for she instantly appears in another realm of magical beings she had never known of. The Moondrops. And as she realises she couldn't possibly go back to earth, she is tempted with the possibility of knowing who her birth parents are whilst getting pulled into the mission to help save the Moondrops from an Unknown Evil threatening the safety of their realm. Though she feels she is the last person who could stop a magical conspiracy. Along with new friends, inside conflicts and bubbling feelings, will Blessing be able to conquer the huge responsibility she's been thrown into? /Warning/ This book's a first draft, so do bare with any mistakes and so on. ~Updates will be on Mondays and Fridays~

A short short story on body image issues. ** None of the images used in this content or the cover are mine. The pictures are simply sourced to use in what I create. I do not take any credit for them. If you would like your image acknowledged or taken down please let me know. **

Happiness Mukwevho lives in the extremely hot and parched village Paradise. The one day it rains, it changes her whole life forever.

At Heritage Christian University, perfection isn't just encouraged-it's enforced. Behind the high white gates and manicured lawns of Nigeria's most prestigious private institution, the daughters and sons of the elite live under a strict code of holiness and discipline. But Tosin Adeyemi knows that even the most polished surfaces have cracks. Tosin isn't at Heritage for the world-class degree. She's there for a ghost. Two years ago, her sister, the "perfect" student, vanished during her final semester without a trace. The school called it a runaway case; the family called it a scandal; but Tosin calls it a lie. As she navigates the suffocating rules of the Emerald Hall, Tosin finds herself drawn into a dangerous world she never expected: The Hidden Parties: Where the "holy" student leaders trade their bibles for bottles in the shadows of the chapel. The Academic Hustle: Where brilliant scholarship students like Kamsi risk expulsion to forge grades for the rich. The Forbidden Romance: Where falling for Khalid, the golden boy of the university choir, means stepping into a web of secrets that could get them both "withdrawn." As the pressure of final exams looms and a mysterious figure begins leaving Tosin coded notes in the library, she realizes that the school isn't just protecting its reputation-it's protecting a dark legacy. In a place where everyone is watching, and the Hall Warden is always listening, Tosin must decide how much she's willing to lose to uncover the truth. Because at Heritage, the price of admission is high... but the cost of leaving might be your life. Welcome to The Gilded Gate. No one leaves the same.

❝I'll love you until I can't I'll love you for as long as I breathe we'll be together till death do us part.❞ · · ─────── ·𖥸· ─────── · · Zahra Mohammad lived a mundane life until Imran Saleem shows up on her door with a proposal and a promise to love her, turning her world upside down. The last thing Zahra expected was a proposal, especially when it came from Imran, a complete stranger. When Zahra accepts his proposal, the most she hoped to have with him was a happy, peaceful marriage, instead she gets something even better-love; but when life takes a turn for the worst, will love be enough to make them withstand the storm? Only time will tell. © Copyright. All Rights Reserved. Layyina N Yusuf 2021