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AFRICAN WRITER
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Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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Poetry
Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
2
for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
1
"We only live once. We only die once. How...
Michelle Chepchumba: When Your Life Means Nothing
July 31, 2021
2
It is past midnight. Maybe 1:00 am, maybe 2:00....
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
3
I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
Sybil Fekurumoh | Tomorrow For My Worth, Today For Children
April 29, 2023
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The audience is witnessing a moment in a support...
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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PLAY
Interview with Gaamangwe Joy Mogami, Founder of AfricainDialogue.com
March 4, 2017
1
Webmasters, bloggers and editors of literary websites are usually...
I Want To Be Part Of The Nigerian Literary Community – Ken Wiwa
February 15, 2007
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KEN Bornale Wiwa sits behind his glass topped, forged...
Recalling the Iconic Exit of Chinua Achebe
March 28, 2016
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Chinua Achebe died at exactly 11:51pm (US time). That...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
The Woman on my Street: Poems by Amina Dauda Oseme
June 13, 2016
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THE WOMAN ON MY STREET The swing in her hips, The...
Ókólí Stephen Nonso: How to Find a Country in a Map
June 29, 2022
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How to Find a Country in a Map & this...
Ikemefuna: Poems by J.K. Anowe
July 6, 2015
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IKEMEFUNA I War Gongs that my strength may not be lost Ikemefuna dust shaken...
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
A Great Harvest: Poems by Wafula p’Khisa
Poetry
Wafula p’Khisa
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Another Man: Flash fiction by Tony Ogunlowo
Fiction
Tony Ogunlowo
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Drum Beats for Nduka Otiono in the Delta
Essays & Reviews
David Diai
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LAST MONTH...
Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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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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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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