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AFRICAN WRITER
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Poetry
Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
3
It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
1
"We only live once. We only die once. How...
Lips are Dark for a Reason: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
0
My lips are dark. Pitch-dark. Black-charcoal dark. Moonless-night dark....
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Rumbie Mugadza | No!
April 29, 2023
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“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
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...
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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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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PLAY
Toni Kan Onwordi: Writing is profitable if you know how
November 22, 2015
1
Toni Kan Onwordi, better known simply as Toni Kan,...
Wesley Macheso: Fiction is greater than the reality it mirrors
May 9, 2016
3
Wesley Macheso teaches Creative Writing and Literature at Mzuzu...
My Generation Better Than Those Before Us – Toni Kan Onwordi
February 15, 2007
12
Toni Kan's quill glints like an emerald whenever he...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Fruity Flowers to Myself: Poems by Biodun Idowu
May 11, 2010
3
Fruity Flowers to Myself Heart is in my mouth. Part for...
Unreturned Affections: Poems by Eterigho Oghenekome Humphrey
September 5, 2017
1
UNRETURNED AFFECTIONS Her presence quenches my thirst Yet her response makes...
The Red Drum: Poems by Dela Bobobee
October 29, 2007
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The Red Drum The red drum beats when every other drum...
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Poetry
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Blue: Poems by Olamide Olanrewaju
Poetry
Olamide Olanrewaju
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Restless Diary: Yellow-Yellow Rivers of Dreams
Essays & Reviews
Ikhide R. Ikheloa (Nnamdi)
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LAST MONTH...
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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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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The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
John Edward Ellis
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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