Afritondo Magazine has unveiled the cover for its short story anthology titled, Travelling Men Don’t Die.
The 14 stories that make up this thrilling anthology are from the longlist of the 2024 Afritondo Prize and feature some of the finest writers from the African continent and beyond.
Past winners of the prestigious prize (Desta Haile, Jarred Thompson, and Howard Maximus) also selected stories to be featured in the collection.
The writers and stories on the 2024 longlist are:
- Ema Babikwa (Uganda) — ‘Medium’
- Vayunamu Bawa (Nigeria) — ‘Thiero Island’
- Cynthia Kistasamy (South Africa) — ‘The Beach House’
- Joshua Lubwama (Uganda) — ‘Queen of the Radio’
- Evalyne Muliwa (Kenya) — ‘He Who Brings The Rain’
- mwĩhaki mũragũri (Kenya) — ‘Longing’
- Hussani Abdulrahim (Nigeria) — ‘reCaptcha’
- Sabah Carrim (Mauritius) — ‘Fading Mehndi’
- Khetani Michael Banda (Zimbabwe) — ‘Minus’
- Jesutomisin Ipinmoye (Nigeria) — ‘Again?’
- B. T. Karuma (Zimbabwe) — ‘Demon of False Hope’
- Charmaine Denison-George (Sierra Leone) — ‘Traveling Men Don’t Die’
- Foday Mannah (Sierra Leone) — “Of New Churches and Devils’
- Ufuoma Kwale (Nigeria) — ‘Countdown to Forever’
Afritondo is a media and publishing platform that aims to connect with and tell the stories of Africans and black minority populations across the globe.
Congratulations to all the writers whose short stories made the anthology!
Click here to read more about the anthology.
Bongiwe T. Maphosa
Bongiwe Maphosa is a budding author with a passion for storytelling. With her thought-provoking narratives, she takes her readers on a literary adventure. Bongiwe's works on the human condition from a fresh perspective have earned her recognition and publications in the Avbob Poetry Anthology of 2019, The Writer's Club of South Africa 2021, and JAY Lit in 2021. She hopes to cement her place in the literary community.
