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Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath

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Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand

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CREATIVE NONFICTION

An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi

November 19, 2017 3

I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...

Death of a Patriot: Creative Non-Fiction by A. Igoni Barrett

May 16, 2007 0

Make you no go anywhere/Jus’ e wait dere make...

Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile

August 31, 2024 0

‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

May 31, 2024 3

It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...

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...

Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun

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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom

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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story

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Interview with Hafsatu Ahmed Abdulwahid

October 25, 2008 1

ADAMU: Could we hear a brief about your life? ABDULWAHID:...

Playing with Poetry: A Conversation with Tade Ipadeola

March 31, 2021 0

"I do think that our greatest investments should be...

Ali Znaidi: A poem is a kind of selfie captured in words

May 30, 2016 0

Ali Znaidi is a widely anthologised writer. A Tunisian...

Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM

A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...

Homage to Hostages: Poems by Dike Okoro

September 10, 2007 4

TOO SOON GONE (In memory of Phaswane Mpe & Sello...

Becoming: Poetry by Samuel Ogunkoya

April 1, 2018 0

BECOMING And when you meet one Who carries a familiar smell The...

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

May 31, 2024 10

IDANRE Woman you are sad!‘Tis the same with me.—Ralph Armattoe. I.My...

Fiction

Andrea Zanin | Ghosts

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Fiction

Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked

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RANDOM FLASHBACK

Chaos Incognito: Poems by Kayode Aderinokun

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Rebel With A Cause… Soyinka as a Model for Inspiring Leadership

Essays & Reviews Olumide Olalekan Idowu -

What Ola told me: Poems by Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto

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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life

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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing

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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting

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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink

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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night

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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare

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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance

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The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals

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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease

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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street

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AFRICAN WRITERCelebrating 20 Years.

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