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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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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
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
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I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
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...
Lips are Dark for a Reason: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
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My lips are dark. Pitch-dark. Black-charcoal dark. Moonless-night dark....
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
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...
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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PLAY
Victor Ehikhamenor: Confronting an Empty Canvas
September 10, 2013
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My muse is like the shell to its tortoise, we go everywhere together. But she is more active while I am in Nigeria...
Abenea Ndago: History Will Forever Remain Literature’s Most Intimate Mistress
April 11, 2016
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Abenea Ndago is the author of several short stories,...
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu: The Legend of Ben Tomoloju
November 1, 2019
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The arts scene of Lagos, nay Nigeria, owes a...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Mid-life Crisis of a Major god: Poems by Stanley Princewill McDaniels
July 30, 2018
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Mid-life Crisis of a Major god . Most days I feel have...
For my Beauty and my Love: Poems by Dinachi Ikenna Dike
March 28, 2016
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FOR MY BEAUTY AND MY LOVE The spread of your...
Voice Search: A Poem by Isidore Emeka Uzoatu
July 20, 2010
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VOICE SEARCH Heads light like evening breeze We traverse the corrugated...
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Chronicles of a Curfew Foretold: Fiction by Kabu Okai-Davies
Fiction
Kabu Okai-Davies
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George Murevesi: I am the poem
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My Love Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does: Poems by Naipanoi Lepapa
Poetry
Naipanoi Lepapa
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LAST MONTH...
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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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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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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