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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
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Saturday, September 7, 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
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...
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....
Ritah Tumushabe | Sacred Threads: A Personal Journey of Faith and Loss
July 31, 2023
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Today, I have decided to retire my rosary. This...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance
November 30, 2023
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I Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
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for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
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"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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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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PLAY
A Witness to these Times…The Akin Adesokan Interview
May 6, 2007
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His voice floats through the waves, slides smoothly into...
Titilope Sonuga: I believe in truth-telling as a pathway to healing
July 21, 2017
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Títílopẹ́ Sónúgà (she writes it as “Titilope Sonuga”) is...
The Title Of My Book Is The Opposite Of “Things Fall Apart”
October 15, 2005
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"It is not a good day to tell her,"...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Bonding: A Poem by Isidore Emeka Uzoatu
September 19, 2009
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BONDING... II (To Ibadan) Dugbe the market Articulate your quantitatives Clark’s five-line poem Chart...
Inyanga: Poetry by Ugochukwu Damian Okpara
December 31, 2018
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inyanga at three silence grows like wildfire in places words should have been mother...
Cult Hymns for Men: Poems by Wirndzerem G. Barfee
July 18, 2009
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Sagehood: A Return You never went as you have come: The...
Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Stammered Farewell: Poems by Zino Asalor
Poetry
Zino Asalor
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Thunder: Fiction by Abenea Ndago
Fiction
Abenea Ndago
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Abigail George: The Owl House
Poetry
Abigail George
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LAST MONTH...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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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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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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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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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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