Saturday, September 7, 2024

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How to Dispose of Good Shoes in Africa: Non-fiction by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor

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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

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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

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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

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I                                        Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end...

Dismas Okombo | Home

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for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...

Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song

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"We only live once. We only die once. How...

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A Witness to these Times…The Akin Adesokan Interview

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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

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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”

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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

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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

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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

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