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African Writer
Since 2004
Saturday, October 17, 2026
African Writer
Since 2004
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Poetry
Omondi | If Einstein Is Right
Plays
Olu Familoni | Money Baby
Fiction
Ọláolúwa Òní | Kuli Kuli
Fiction
Gabriele Micozzi | Distinguishing Features
Plays
Olaseni Kehinde Precious | When The Engine Goes Silent
Fiction
J.L. Oputa | The Little Golden Pockets
Poetry
Newpanther | Totally
Poetry
Victor Ihechiluru Unachukwu | The Ghost of War
Poetry
Solape Adetutu Adeyemi | The Baobab Doesn’t Punch a Clock
Poetry
Abigail George | The Child of Mulatto Parents
Last Month...
Adwoah Nyarkoa | They Eat the Bridge
Fiction
The mahogany door was heavy, carved from old-growth timber...
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Candy Neubert | immigrant
Poetry
immigrant You ask if I can live with you.Yes, if...
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DJ Benhaim | Krypton Fell from Grace & Landed Somewhere in the Ghetto
Poetry
Krypton Fell from Grace & Landed Somewhere in the...
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Eaton Jackson | The Docks
Poetry
I. BAY DOCK’S PRESENT SILHOUETTE She and I used to sit...
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Emmanuel Papa Quansah | Bring Me Yesterday
Poetry
BRING ME YESTERDAY just when the sun traded light with...
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Ernest Amayogbe | Our Home Is A Gurney
Poetry
OUR HOME IS A GURNEY our home is a gurney...
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Jedidiah Henaku-Budu | I Don’t Want A 9-5
Poetry
I DON'T WANT A 9-5 Warm golden light filters through...
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Samuel Hale | Obituary
Poetry
Obituary "And now who hereis not buried inanother person’s heart?” —...
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Jide Odetola | Fela Wan Bath
Non-Fiction
As a fully registered member of Fela Kuti’s implausible...
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Ugochukwu Anadị | Christ And My Lover
Plays
CHRIST AND MY LOVER SCENE ONE Chima’s bedroom. It is a...
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RANDOM CONVERSATIONS
Namwali Serpell: Planting Seeds in a Garden of Intention
November 19, 2017
Namwali Serpell. Born in Lusaka, Zambia. The ethereal forms...
Rory Kilalea: There is a growing lack of respect for kindness
August 31, 2025
Luck has played an important part in my life,...
Nnedi Okorafor: I just have stories to tell…
May 30, 2016
Nnedi Okorafor is an important writer, period. She is...
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu: The Legend of Ben Tomoloju
November 1, 2019
The arts scene of Lagos, nay Nigeria, owes a...
The Mystique of Maxim
(for Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, Boroja I, Obi of Ikate,...
Ogaga Ifowodo: Slipping a Stone in the Sling of Prose and Poetry
January 19, 2016
The name Ogaga Ifowodo, PhD., is familiar to many,...
Gender in African Literature Today: A Conversation with Asante Lucy Mtenje
July 31, 2020
Asante Lucy Mtenje is a Malawian academic, creative writer,...
Abenea Ndago: History Will Forever Remain Literature’s Most Intimate Mistress
April 11, 2016
Abenea Ndago is the author of several short stories,...
Toni Kan Onwordi: Writing is profitable if you know how
November 22, 2015
Toni Kan Onwordi, better known simply as Toni Kan,...