Border Crossings

Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent.


Representing the very best of African creative nonfiction, Safe House brings together works from Africa's contemporary literary greats. In a collection that ranges from travel writing and memoir to reportage and meditative essays, editor Ellah Wakatama Allfrey has brought together some of the most talented writers of creative nonfiction from across Africa.


The creative nonfiction single from Safe House anthology is activist Sarita Ranchod's episodic account of growing up in Cape Town's Indian community.