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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
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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
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
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"We only live once. We only die once. How...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
2
for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
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...
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...
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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PLAY
Maik Nwosu: My Influences are a Collage of the Crossroads
January 7, 2015
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Sola Osofisan interviews Maik Nwosu, poet, novelist, journalist and...
Wesley Macheso: Fiction is greater than the reality it mirrors
May 9, 2016
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Wesley Macheso teaches Creative Writing and Literature at Mzuzu...
Iquo Eke: Deconstructing Preconceived Notions – An Interview
December 27, 2013
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"Poetry for me is release…a means to deconstructing preconceived...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
James Dean: Experimental Poetry by Abigail George
June 10, 2018
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JAMES DEAN (An experimental poem in twelve haiku) You’re bringing heaven...
Insane Moment: Poems by Ssemutooke Joseph Kitaka
March 30, 2011
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Insane Moment Suddenly The song of the fields is a silly...
My River: A Poem by Rukayat Ololade Aliyu
May 21, 2007
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My River I'm crying a river that runs over dead...
Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Bubble World: Fiction by Edosio Okeoghene
Fiction
Edosio Okeoghene
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Dissembling: A Short Story by Suzanne Ushie
Fiction
Suzanne Ushie
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A Place Called Hope: A Short Story by Jude Dibia
Fiction
Jude Dibia
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LAST MONTH...
Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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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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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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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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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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