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The Arts Lounge Magazine is opening the year with a call for documentaries featuring non-fiction—true-life stories of Africans on the continent or in the diaspora. We seek narratives about the randomness and bizarre aspects of life, and how individuals navigate challenges to become their own heroes. These are tales of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

Submission Guidelines:
• Length: Stories must be between 100 and 200 words.
• Format: Submit in a Word document along with a portrait photograph and a biography (max 50 words).
• Images: Include 2–5 images that reflect the narrative.
• Content: No fiction. We believe the richness of real human stories surpasses anything made up.

Send entries to the email address: artsloungenyc@gmail.com

Note: entry must be original and unpublished. We respond within a week, you don’t have need for simultaneous submission. Send up to 2 of your most moving stories at a time. All entries should be titled: Humans of Africa and Diaspora

By submitting your work, you agree to have it featured on all platforms of The Arts Lounge Magazine and those of Adaeze Nwadike, the founder of this project.

We recommend reviewing our published stories to understand the type of narratives we seek.

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  1. Ajibade Abdulrasheed

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    HUMANS OF AFRICA AND DIASPORA

    In 2017, a year after we relocated, I was about to finish my primary school.

    It was then I initially experienced destitution, as if there was no family. Though,due to the fact that where we relocated to was quite distant to my school and financial instability that associated with my household contributed to the deviation between the school and me.

    My mom, being a single parent, felt ashamed and not being responsible for not having the ability to sponsor my academics, I also thought that I would not further my academics despite my average brilliance.

    Despite being transferred to another school near our relocated community,illness energised my mom’s straight which made her children seemed unaccompanied. And my elder sisters became domestic workers as a means of our survival.

    Some months to my common entrance, the Head Master of the school which I was transferred to, consulted my mom, he fished out our problem and acclaimed me back to school to prepare my common entrance.

    I did the common entrance, my mom gained her strength back, my sisters became independent and my family became hale and healthy.

    Now, my mom is doing great, sponsoring my younger ones, my sisters are well-being and I am pursuing an NCE degree at the College of Education, Ilemona, not only that but also I am a poet, author and content writer, helping aspiring writers to build their aspirations.

    BIO
    Ajibade Abdulrasheed, fondly known as Glorious pen, hails from Kwara state.
    Currently,he is pursuing an NCE degree at the College of Education, Ilemona.
    He is a certified poet, author and content writer, helping aspiring writers to achieve their aspirations.

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