Twitter
Submissions
Poetry
Fiction
People
Essays & Reviews
Masthead
About Us
Search
AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
Saturday, September 7, 2024
AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
Celebrating 20 Years.
Fiction
Poetry
People
Essays & Reviews
Creative Non Fiction
Plays
Submissions
Masthead
About Us
Search
Poetry
Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
-
Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
-
CREATIVE NONFICTION
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...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
1
"We only live once. We only die once. How...
Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance
November 30, 2023
0
I Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
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....
Rumbie Mugadza | No!
April 29, 2023
0
“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...
Michelle Chepchumba: When Your Life Means Nothing
July 31, 2021
2
It is past midnight. Maybe 1:00 am, maybe 2:00....
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
-
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
-
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
-
PLAY
Akeem Lasisi: Why I Perform My Poems
May 3, 2007
1
Akeem Lasisi, poet, journalist, and double winner of the...
I Write Because I Care For People – Uzodinma Iweala
January 10, 2008
0
UZODINMA Iweala is the son of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, managing...
Abenea Ndago: History Will Forever Remain Literature’s Most Intimate Mistress
April 11, 2016
1
Abenea Ndago is the author of several short stories,...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Abdulkareem Abdulkareem: Elegy for Mane
January 31, 2022
0
Elegy for Mane For Mane Ara & again, I hear your...
Missing a Thing of Beauty: Poems by Abigail George
October 14, 2009
1
Closed Spaces This is life - There are no children on...
Olayioye Paul Bamidele: i gaslight the bark of a baobab tree
September 30, 2022
0
i gaslight the bark of a baobab tree my mouth...
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
-
Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
-
RANDOM FLASHBACK
“My repression is as legitimate as your freedom”: A Conversation with Yẹ́misí Aríbisálà
People
Kola Tubosun
-
A Review of Ben Ige’s The Teacher’s Blood
Essays & Reviews
Wande Ijaluwoye
-
Johnson K. Appiah: Confessions
Fiction
Johnson K. Appiah
-
LAST MONTH...
Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
-
“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
-
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
-
The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
John Edward Ellis
-
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
-
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
-
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
-
Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
-
Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
-
Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
-