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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
Saturday, September 7, 2024
AFRICAN WRITER
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Poetry
Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
July 31, 2024
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The closed door notwithstanding, the proceedings bore audibly into...
An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
3
I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
Rumbie Mugadza | No!
April 29, 2023
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“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
1
"We only live once. We only die once. How...
Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance
November 30, 2023
0
I Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
3
It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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PLAY
A Daughter’s Burden: Obiageli Ibrahimat Okigbo & the Christopher Okigbo Legacy
August 13, 2007
3
‘’Have you seen Nduka Otiono?’’ ‘’No I haven’t. Am...
“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
July 31, 2024
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Francis Egbokhare, poet, cultural critic and professor of linguistics...
Awards Do Not Make Good Writers – Chris Abani
May 21, 2007
1
Writers, at one point or the other, have had...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Samuel Adeyemi: Correspondence to Self
August 31, 2020
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CORRESPONDENCE TO SELF O, Love. my innards brim with napalm &...
U.A. Edwardson: A Different Silence
August 31, 2020
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A different silence This is not the one of the...
After a while… A Poem by Jesse Bwanakambi
September 21, 2015
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After a While... After a while you learn The subtle difference Between...
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
The Whirlwind: A Short Story by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
Fiction
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
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Steady my Emotion: Poems by Tope Akeredolu
Poetry
Tope Akeredolu
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Brenda Siara: Touched
Fiction
Brenda Siara
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LAST MONTH...
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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