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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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Saturday, September 7, 2024
AFRICAN WRITER
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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
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....
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
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"We only live once. We only die once. How...
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...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
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for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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PLAY
I’m doing things that appeal to me – Interview with Hyacinth Obunseh
June 13, 2007
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Award winning author, publisher and consultant, Hyacinth Obunseh, who...
Chinedu Ogoke: The West is the Giver and Taker of Literary Life
April 30, 2008
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--------------------------------------------------------------- When we talked in September 2003, after the...
My Generation Better Than Those Before Us – Toni Kan Onwordi
February 15, 2007
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Toni Kan's quill glints like an emerald whenever he...
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...
The Song of Exiles in the Serengeti: Poems by Awogbemila Temitope Ayodeji
July 4, 2017
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THE SONG OF EXILES IN THE SERENGETI (Dedicated to resilient...
Glennise Ayuk: Three Poems
November 30, 2019
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WHO KNOWS? In the judgment square of Ogomukoko village, deep past...
Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Sandra A. Mushi: The Survival of Women is Still at the Mercy of Men
People
Sola Osofisan
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Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation
Fiction
Azubuike Obi
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Moon Call: Poems by Austyn Njoku
Poetry
Austyn Njoku
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LAST MONTH...
Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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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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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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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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