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Curating the finest writings in African and Black Literature, for the world. Editors: @NzubeNlebedim @o_okohia @BubeOrji @youceeanaekwe
Lagos, Nigeria
Joined May 2020
Issue 21 | January 2025 is live. Read full collection on our website via link below. This issue features writers from Nigeria 🇳🇬, South Africa 🇿🇦, Egypt 🇪🇬, Tanzania 🇹🇿, Ghana 🇬đź‡, Kenya 🇰🇪, Uganda 🇺🇬, and Zambia 🇿🇲. Guest editor (poetry): @rasaq_malik
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Exciting reads ahead! We rounded up five must-read African books hitting stores in Q1 2025! đź“š Check them out, pre-order, and get ready to dive in! #AfricanLiterature #NewReleases #Q12025 #BookLovers #ReadAfrican
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RT @NzubeNlebedim: As our fifth anniversary draws near, we reflect on all our Reading Shallow Tales events from year 2021. A big thank you,…
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Two Poems | Ezeokafor Paschal I watch, afraid/ to speak,/ only looking—/ while I lose you,/ my love, to another man.
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“Don’t be in a rush to start writing or to become a writer. Read a lot. Pay attention to details when you read. Observe the environment around you, listen to conversations, and participate in conversations. Watch films. Live.” — Olubunmi Familoni (via @afrocritik)
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Two Poems | Blessing Omeiza Ojo Strange how a noun could love everything that shares/ the same beginning consonant with it. In a bullet race, a body/ is a target if it has blood.
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promise in my country is another way of gambling lives | Ismail Yusuf Olumoh silence, too, is a language of joy—/ read my lips to make words out/ of bird’s syrinx, its syntax.
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The Soulful Empathy of Niq Mhlongo “The meaning of SA literature for me keeps shifting according to contexts. In the past I used to have those nationalist views of nation building...Now that I reside in Germany, the meaning has shifted.” — @NiqMhlongo
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“Art comes to us because we are, essentially, fragile people. I tell people that the easiest part of a plant to break is where the sap comes out from, the plant’s most creative place.” — @imanweze (via @AfWriterMag)
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RT @ahpetite: I’m grateful to the editors of @ShallowTales Review for publishing my poems in their latest issue. “The Wall” particularly sp…
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Pulling Dawn | Issue Editorial “Whether it is pain associated with the loss of identity, or family, most of the contributors here gravitate through grief’s private ocean.” — @NzubeNlebedim
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RT @RAS0690: My poem 'Understanding the Chemistry of Man', in which I zero in on Father's death, is now live on @ShallowTales. Again, than…
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RT @OyedejiDamilol5: After you are done reading @ShallowTales Issue 21, let’s talk about the brilliance of those cover arts. The cover art…
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RT @_vemerald: Kindly read, guys. 🙏🏽 Also hope you enjoy seeing some of my work and the accompanying stories and poems. Kudos to the @Shall…
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RT @OyedejiDamilol5: Hoots un-tush-ly; flips non-existing long hair. Thank you, Bube. Y’all, I woke up this morning and ran to Twitter bec…
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RT @michaelinioluwa: Few weeks after I moved to the UK, my mother fell and hurt her ankle. I spent hours on video calls with my siblings, m…
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RT @PC_Ezeokafor: I have two of my poems published by @ShallowTales. I tried to capture the feelings of loss from a romantic relationship…
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RT @mesomaccius: And the poem is out! Do read my baby Rebirth published in The Shallow Tales Review. Enjoy! @rasaq_malik @ShallowTales http…
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RT @mesomaccius: Hello everyone. I am honored to present my first publication of the year. Please read and enjoy!
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