My books.
Stories of migration, freedom, resilience and African imagination, from literary horror and fantasy to memoir and poetry.
Between Immigrants and Italians
A Gambian working life in Italy.
Memoir · November 2026In December 2016 a Gambian man of twenty-five arrived in Italy. Three years in a camp in Brianza, a year of washing dishes, and now the data centres outside Milan that keep the world’s memory cold. This is the working life that followed, told in three movements, and it ends with the fifteen photographs he took because he knew nobody would believe him later.
My Foolish Fantasies
Prose poems and meditations.
Poetry · 2026One hundred and nine short poems wandering between love and aloneness, faith and doubt, the town and the tavern, Africa and the self. A tree that loses its fruit, a happy cat, a marijuana seed, a town crier: small things turned into quiet reckonings with the questions we carry. Here is a poet who talks to God over wine like an old friend, who calls The Gambia his lover, and who insists that all we are is words.
Dead Scripts
Read to the end or die.
Literary horror · 2026A cursed red book in coastal Gambia. Two writer friends. One rule: finish reading, or die. A pacy literary horror novella that blends West African folklore with psychological suspense.
Lady Asta’s Journey to the Wanjalankos
An African fantasy of myth, magic and resistance.
FantasyA fantasy adventure weaving African myths, courage and imagination into a magical journey. Lady Asta steps into a world of ancient spirits and modern courage, a story rooted in the rich oral tradition of West Africa.
Where Should I Kiss You: On Your Neck or Cheek?
The necessity of heartbreak.
Literary short readA short literary work that confronts the rawness of heartbreak, the illusions of love, and the quiet courage required to begin again. A meditation on the necessity of heartbreak in a life truly lived.
A Letter to My Dead Friend from The Gambia
Memory, mortality and meaning.
LettersA moving literary work that blends memory, grief and meaning in letters to a lost friend. A reflection on identity, the spiritual landscape of The Gambia, and the conversations that don’t end with death.
Five and Half Senses
A funny, thought-provoking look at perception and reality.
NovelA philosophical exploration of perception, reality and the human condition. A layered, introspective novel about the “half” sense, the intuitive voice we ignore, and what happens when we finally listen.
The Little Book of Afrocanos
Poetry, culture and the resistance of Africa.
PoetryA celebration of African independence, resilience and the postcolonial challenges of the mind. Stories exploring freedom, identity and the inner work of decolonisation, a tribute to the Africanos in all of us.
Il Deserto Non Ha Cielo
Diario di una migrazione, dal Gambia all’Italia.
Memoir · in Italian · Kanaga EdizioniA memoir of migration from The Gambia to Italy, across deserts and seas: resilience, hope and survival. Published in Italian by Kanaga Edizioni.
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