Stories · Guest writers
Share your story
Africa's story is still mostly told by others. This is an open platform for writers who want to tell it in our own words: the people, places, inventions and enterprises that deserve to be remembered, and what they mean for the Africa we are building now.
What to write about
- Pan-Africanism
- Industrialisation & manufacturing
- African legends
- Discoveries & inventions
- Unsung heroes
- Untapped wealth & resources
- African history & enterprise
Guidelines
- Original and unpublished. Your story must be your own work and not published elsewhere.
- 700 to 1,200 words.
- Every fact sourced with links, so readers and editors can check them.
- Photos and video must be your own original footage or properly licensed. Credits are required for every image and video.
- No AI-generated images passed off as real photos.
- Images: attach up to 3 high-quality images with the form. Netlify, which hosts this site, caps each submission at about 8 MB in total, so keep all images together under 8 MB (large JPGs of about 2–2.5 MB each work well). For bigger files, share a Google Drive or Dropbox link in the story field.
- Video stories: video files are too large to upload here. Upload your video to YouTube, Vimeo, Google Drive or Dropbox and paste the link below.
- You keep your copyright. You grant a non-exclusive licence to publish your story on this site.
- Editorial review. Every submission is reviewed and may be edited before publication.
- No payment. Contributions are unpaid.
- Reply within about 14 days. We aim to respond to every submission within about two weeks.