For readers
Love, family, mystery and legend from across Africa. Read on the bus, listen in the kitchen, and pick up where you stopped on any phone.
How it works
Start any story without paying. Most stories open with free chapters so you can see if it is for you.
Each week, from Monday to Sunday, you can unlock premium episodes for free, each from a different story.
Subscribe for every premium chapter, or rent one story for a few days. You can cancel any time.
The reader
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Chapter one
The market woke before the sun did. Kemi balanced the basket on her head the way Mama had shown her, one hand up, chin level, eyes on the road.
"Small steps, my child," Mama called from behind. "The tomatoes will not run away."
Kemi laughed, and that was the last thing she remembered clearly about the morning.
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Questions
Yes, you can read without paying. Most stories start with free chapters, and every week you can unlock some premium episodes for free. A subscription or a rental unlocks the rest.
Each week (Monday to Sunday, Nigeria time) you get a number of free unlocks for premium episodes, each from a different story. Unused ones do not carry over.
Yes. Chapters you have opened are saved on your phone, so you can keep reading when the network drops.
Stories are written in English, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo and Nigerian Pidgin, and you can choose the languages you see.
Cancel any time in the app. You keep access until the end of the period you already paid for.
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