Summer Supplement

IWP Writer’s Program
Africa Cohort

September 26th, 2022

Summer Supplement 2022

Untitled by Kojo Addae Kagyah and commissioned by Franka Andoh

The scene represents the end of a young mother’s workday, and is based on Andoh’s hometown El mina, a coastal town in the Central Region of Ghana
historically known for its slave dungeons and rich, troubling history with Europeans.

EDITORIAL

Editor’s Introduction: The Value in Sharing Stories Across Continents

Guest Editor’s Letter: Unraveling the Golden Thread

NONFICTION

All in the Detail | Franka-Maria Andoh
Drugs vs. Medicine | Araba Ofori-Acqual

FICTION

The Pledge | Keamogetswe Bopalamo
Mamas’ Bodies | Chinaza Ebere Eziaghighala
The Monks of Iwu | Jude Idada
The Mess | Olukorede Yishau

POETRY

blue for boy | Nkateko Masinga
Collars of Worry | Ololade Oye Ajayi