Saturday, September 7, 2024

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Michelle Chepchumba: When Your Life Means Nothing

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It is past midnight. Maybe 1:00 am, maybe 2:00....

Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile

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

Rumbie Mugadza | No!

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“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...

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

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

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

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The closed door notwithstanding, the proceedings bore audibly into...

Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease

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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...

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Nuzo Onoh: Terrified of Planes, Heights, Oceans, Thunder, Roaches…

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Nuzo Onoh is the author of The Reluctant Dead...

Nnedi Okorafor: I just have stories to tell…

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Nnedi Okorafor is an important writer, period. She is...

A Daughter’s Burden: Obiageli Ibrahimat Okigbo & the Christopher Okigbo Legacy

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‘’Have you seen Nduka Otiono?’’ ‘’No I haven’t. Am...

Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM

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

Faces: Three Poems by Michael Larry

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FACES On faces There’re mirrors From thoughts cloaked with smiles To worries painted...

Fear: Poems by Goodnews Mememugh Karibo

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FEAR a brushstroke of blue water the signature of oncoming rain a...

Soloist for the State: Two Poems by Nnaemeka Oruh

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Soloist for the State The land is green, It’s green...

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