prose – Samuel Rubadiri

Botswana Citizenship: Low hanging fruit for business tycoons

A critical analysis of President Boko’s proposed CBI scheme and what it reveals about our economic direction.

The Babysitter

For the longest time, Wada lived with her boyfriend Bumo in a small house in Block 3. It was a bachelor pad beautified with laminated bible verses on the wall and seedlings in old yoghurt tubs. Bumo would always promise her that the day he made tenure and secured his fortune, he would marry her,Continue reading “The Babysitter”

The Blank Page

A short piece on writer’s block The walls around me are as white as the page in front of me and as white as the sheet I’m seated on, until I shift on the sheet, “Oh sh*t, it’s now creased. Oh sh*t, it reeks.” Gas comes up like a kamehameha. Ahh, my nose! Those channeledContinue reading “The Blank Page”

Rude Youths

“Mma,” the constable said over the phone, “we have the boys. They are waiting for you at the Station in G-West.” About a half hour later, Danielle arrived. The station was empty and dusty. She walked slowly, supporting herself on her walking stick. The constable brought the two youths from the cell. He released hisContinue reading “Rude Youths”

Hope is the White Dove that Soars above Me and Leads Me Home

My sister wrote this piece a while ago, and during our trip to Uganda, it resurfaced in conversation. I thought it was extraordinary then and still is now. It was a high school assignment where you take a line from a poem and integrate it into your composition. Looking back at it now, there isContinue reading “Hope is the White Dove that Soars above Me and Leads Me Home”

The Ring Parable

By Gottfried Ephraim Lessing (1779) A long time ago, there lived a man from the East who owned a ring of unimaginable value. The stone was an opal that refracted hundreds of beautiful colours and had a secret power to make the bearer adored by God and mankind. It is no wonder then that theContinue reading “The Ring Parable”

Lake Venus

They say that Lake Venus is the most beautiful in all the land. In summer, it provides the beaming sun with a surface to waltz upon. As the sun changes its axis and each sunbeam gently flows to the music of the breeze through the trees, the dormant fairies wake and begin to dance toContinue reading “Lake Venus”