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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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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
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
Michelle Chepchumba: When Your Life Means Nothing
July 31, 2021
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It is past midnight. Maybe 1:00 am, maybe 2:00....
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...
Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance
November 30, 2023
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I Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end...
Rumbie Mugadza | No!
April 29, 2023
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“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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PLAY
Chijioke Amu-Nnadi: We have authorship, not authority, over what we write
December 31, 2013
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“Art comes to us because we are, essentially, fragile...
Abubakar Gimba and the Literary Excursions in Niger State
June 1, 2015
2
Abubakar Gimba’s death was an expected surprise to everyone...
Images that Linger, Words that Bite
May 6, 2007
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And now the horn may paw the air, Howling goodbye. -...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Waves of the Dawn: A Collaborative Poem
December 19, 2017
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WAVES OF THE DAWN (A COLLABORATIVE POEM) Akande mi, Olowo ori...
Our Lantern Is Lifted for our Saviour: Poems by Adeola Ikuomola
September 19, 2016
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OUR LANTERN IS LIFTED FOR OUR SAVIOUR When the day’s...
Once Upon January: A Poem by Emmanuel Isuku
December 15, 2013
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ONCE UPON JANUARY January is dull; the dullest Of its brethren...
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Have You Seen That Land? Poems by Remi Raji
Poetry
Remi Raji
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Mariam is Memories: A Poem by Ndubuisi Martins Aniemeka
Poetry
Ndubuisi Martins Aniemeka
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Bessie Head: A Short Story by Abigail George
Fiction
Abigail George
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LAST MONTH...
Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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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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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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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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