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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
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
1
"We only live once. We only die once. How...
Death of a Patriot: Creative Non-Fiction by A. Igoni Barrett
May 16, 2007
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Make you no go anywhere/Jus’ e wait dere make...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
2
for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
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...
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....
An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
3
I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
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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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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PLAY
Chijioke Amu-Nnadi: We have authorship, not authority, over what we write
December 31, 2013
1
“Art comes to us because we are, essentially, fragile...
H.R. ole Kulet: Education Should Strengthen the Bonds Created by Culture
January 28, 2018
7
Henry ole Kulet grew up in a village called...
E B E R E O N W U!
May 4, 2007
1
As I write this painful piece, his mangled body...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
This Africa: Poems by Olanrewaju Moses
May 6, 2018
3
THIS AFRICA in Africa, the kaleidoscope never stops to spin, one...
Close to Nature: Poems by Nnamdi Ben Nneji
January 11, 2008
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Close to Nature The sun shines through a mist, a golden...
Burnt: Poetry by Darlington Chukwunyere
November 30, 2018
7
BURNT -for Kechi Okwuchi, the miracle Sosoliso air crash survivor. Burnt...
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
God is a Policeman: Fiction by Yiro Abari
Fiction
Yiro Abari High
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For Pierre Nkurunziza: Poems by Samson Nyarima
Poetry
Samson Nyarima
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Understanding Zuma, Poetry Africa & Durban, SA – By Kole Ade-Odutola
Essays & Reviews
Kole Ade-Odutola
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LAST MONTH...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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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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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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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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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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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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