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AFRICAN WRITER
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Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Ritah Tumushabe | Sacred Threads: A Personal Journey of Faith and Loss
July 31, 2023
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Today, I have decided to retire my rosary. This...
Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance
November 30, 2023
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I Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end...
An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
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I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
How to Dispose of Good Shoes in Africa: Non-fiction by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor
November 19, 2017
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The shoes on my feet have seen three generations...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
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for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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PLAY
Niyi Osundare At 60
May 3, 2007
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Recently, Professor Niyi Osundare, poet, scholar, essayist, humanist and...
Sandra A. Mushi: The Survival of Women is Still at the Mercy of Men
January 20, 2015
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Sandra A. Mushi is an interior architect, poet and...
Writing: Experience Bakes the Best Bread – Paul T. Liam
June 18, 2014
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Once in a while, one comes across people who...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Osy Mizpah Unuevho | Gethsemane
July 31, 2023
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GETHSEMANE The prayer begins with a fine. I’m made for...
In Her Shoes: Poems by Asante Lucy Mtenje
August 12, 2012
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Dying She sits on her desk, restless, tapping her fingers. Her...
Marial Awendit | The Guest
October 1, 2023
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The Guest We do not publish on billboards The tiny bits...
Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Olalekan Moyosore Lalude: The Sound of Fury Crashing through Silence
Fiction
Olalekan Moyosore Lalude
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The Undesirable Husband: A Short Story by Minna Salami
Fiction
Minna Salami
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The Turn of the Seasons: Poems by Adegboyega Abiola
Poetry
Abiola Adegboyega
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LAST MONTH...
Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
John Edward Ellis
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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