Saaku runs away from her village and only her best friend knows where she has gone.
It’s a place that people in the village call ‘Eden’ because it is a promised land where there are jobs and a better life. When Saaku doesn’t return her friend has to decide whether to tell her family the truth about where she has gone.
This story forms part of the Migrations: New Short Fiction from Africa published by Short Story Day Africa. Click on the link to read more stories.
They are written by authors from across Africa. Fundza is proud that Sibongile Fisher won the competition as she was part of Fundza’s ‘Mentoring Young Writers’ programme in 2014 and has written a short story for Fundza (link to story ‘Sea of Secret‘)