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AFRICAN WRITER
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Saturday, September 7, 2024
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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
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...
Sybil Fekurumoh | Tomorrow For My Worth, Today For Children
April 29, 2023
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The audience is witnessing a moment in a support...
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
The Economy of Loss: Creative non-fiction by Dami Ajayi
September 11, 2009
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There’s been a death in the family. You can...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
2
for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
1
"We only live once. We only die once. How...
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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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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PLAY
Interview with Hafsatu Ahmed Abdulwahid
October 25, 2008
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ADAMU: Could we hear a brief about your life? ABDULWAHID:...
Good Night, Nike Adesuyi: So Long a Night!
October 22, 2016
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CYCLES (For Nosa) Days come, Days go, Each writes a distinct Paragraph in the...
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...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Joel Oyeleke | Mercy Lit Out of Darkness
October 1, 2023
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MERCY LIT OUT OF DARKNESS ‘I barely have the balls...
Faces: Three Poems by Michael Larry
May 11, 2016
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FACES On faces There’re mirrors From thoughts cloaked with smiles To worries painted...
Unhatched: A Poem by Jennifer N. Mbunabo
June 1, 2015
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UNHATCHED The rack, it weakens me. I don’t know what hurts...
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
‘Things Fall Apart’ author Chinua Achebe dies at 82
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The Butterflies Inside of You: Fiction by Victor Daniel
Fiction
Victor Daniel
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Shores of Memory: Poems by Angela Nwosu
Poetry
Angela Amalonye Nwosu
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LAST MONTH...
Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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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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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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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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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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