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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
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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
1
"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...
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...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Rumbie Mugadza | No!
April 29, 2023
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“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
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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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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PLAY
Images that Linger, Words that Bite
May 6, 2007
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And now the horn may paw the air, Howling goodbye. -...
Chijioke Amu-Nnadi: We have authorship, not authority, over what we write
December 31, 2013
1
“Art comes to us because we are, essentially, fragile...
Namwali Serpell: Planting Seeds in a Garden of Intention
November 19, 2017
1
Namwali Serpell. Born in Lusaka, Zambia. The ethereal forms...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
I Tried To Paint a Girl: Poems by Henry Ajah
February 4, 2017
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I TRIED TO PAINT A GIRL It was the grin...
Kunle Okesipe: Horoscope for My Homeland
July 31, 2020
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HOROSCOPE FOR MY HOMELAND Today, as the sun crosses the...
Cornelia Smith Fick: Fool’s Gold
July 31, 2020
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FOOL’S GOLD A familiar embrace of gold-bearing rock, tentacles spread to fissure; whispered...
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Poetry
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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A Thought in the Sea: Poems by Adeola Ikuomola
Poetry
Adeola Ikuomola
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The Harmattan: Poetry by Emuobome Jemikalajah
Poetry
Emuobome Jemikalajah
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LAST MONTH...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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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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The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
John Edward Ellis
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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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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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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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