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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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Saturday, September 7, 2024
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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Poetry
Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
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...
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...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
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"We only live once. We only die once. How...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
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for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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PLAY
Nuzo Onoh: Terrified of Planes, Heights, Oceans, Thunder, Roaches…
August 17, 2015
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Nuzo Onoh is the author of The Reluctant Dead...
Harry Garuba: In Praise of “the Thursday People”
November 30, 2020
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Harry Garuba who passed in February 2020 was a...
A Season of the Great Lake: An Interview with Mukoma wa Ngugi
July 2, 2007
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An Afriquest Interview series conducted by F.O. Ohanyido. Mukoma, let's...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Footpaths of Thought: Poems by JKS Makokha
December 15, 2013
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I. Kilos of Bones How many bones will it take to...
We No Longer Remember: A Poem by Nnaemeka Oruh
February 1, 2016
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WE NO LONGER REMEMBER I can no longer remember The faces...
Prophecy of Pain: Poetry by Kabu Okai-Davies
November 19, 2014
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Prophecy of Pain The traditions of yesterday are transforming to...
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Once Upon a Time with a Bird: Poems by Toyin Bakare
Poetry
Toyin Bakare
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Did You Hear the Afrocentrism in Beyoncé’s The Lion King Album?
Essays & Reviews
Michael Oshindoro
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Sunbeams and Shadows: Reflections of a Poet’s Realities
Essays & Reviews
Paul Liam
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LAST MONTH...
Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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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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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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