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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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Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Ritah Tumushabe | Sacred Threads: A Personal Journey of Faith and Loss
July 31, 2023
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Today, I have decided to retire my rosary. This...
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...
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...
The Economy of Loss: Creative non-fiction by Dami Ajayi
September 11, 2009
2
There’s been a death in the family. You can...
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...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
3
It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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PLAY
Younger Nigerian Writers Have Better Chances Than We Had – Helon Habila
July 26, 2010
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Younger Nigerian writers have better chances than we had ...
I Write To Process The World Gently: Sefi Atta In Conversation with Ike Anya
August 28, 2008
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It’s good to talk to you again after so...
Why I write in the dead of night – Ogaga Ifowodo
May 6, 2007
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Like most prominent writers, Ogaga Ifowodo started his writing...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Heaven’s Passage: Poems by Toyin Bakare
August 8, 2016
2
HEAVEN’S PASSAGE (For Umar Shola Bakare) We shall One day Tiptoe As a gentle...
Missing a Thing of Beauty: Poems by Abigail George
October 14, 2009
1
Closed Spaces This is life - There are no children on...
Becoming: Poetry by Naza Amaeze Okoli
April 22, 2014
2
BECOMING I was brewed with the tears of a grieving...
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
Oblivion: Poems by Adedayo Agarau
Poetry
Adedayo Agarau
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Blue: Poems by Olamide Olanrewaju
Poetry
Olamide Olanrewaju
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Run Away: Fiction by Felicia Taave
Fiction
Felicia Taave
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LAST MONTH...
Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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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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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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The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
John Edward Ellis
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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