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AFRICAN WRITER
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Sunday, September 8, 2024
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
An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
3
I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
1
"We only live once. We only die once. How...
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...
How to Dispose of Good Shoes in Africa: Non-fiction by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor
November 19, 2017
0
The shoes on my feet have seen three generations...
The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
July 31, 2024
0
The closed door notwithstanding, the proceedings bore audibly into...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
3
It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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PLAY
A Season of the Great Lake: An Interview with Mukoma wa Ngugi
July 2, 2007
3
An Afriquest Interview series conducted by F.O. Ohanyido. Mukoma, let's...
Iquo Eke: Deconstructing Preconceived Notions – An Interview
December 27, 2013
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"Poetry for me is release…a means to deconstructing preconceived...
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...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Solace Quest: Poems by Kunle Shittu
March 15, 2009
2
IS THIS A COUNTRY? Clumps of dust-covered ruins so filthy Spreading stench...
Dream on Canvas: Poems by Onis Sampson
June 5, 2017
6
DREAM ON CANVAS Nature teaches me not to yield to intimations...
Mortal Thoughts: Poems by Sean Adetula
August 14, 2005
1
When I Die Eventually I will die, count on it,...
Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Johnson K Appiah | Man to Man
Fiction
Johnson K. Appiah
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Little Sailor Boy: A Poem for Mama by Omale Allen Abdul-jabbar
Poetry
Omale Allen Abdul-Jabbar
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Till Death: A Short Story by Eghosa Imasuen
Fiction
Eghosa Imasuen
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LAST MONTH...
Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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