Saturday, September 7, 2024

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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...

Michelle Chepchumba: When Your Life Means Nothing

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It is past midnight. Maybe 1:00 am, maybe 2:00....

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...

Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song

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

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...

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The Ladies at the White Board: A Memoir Excerpt by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema

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PART 1 When I walked into the then staff room...

I Would Rather Shun Self-Publishing – Amatoritsero Ede

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Amatoritsero Ede, an award winning Nigerian writer based in...

Idzia Ahmad: A Meteor, a Vagrant Arab

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In many ways, Idzia Ahmad was my friend and...

Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM

A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...

The Sun Shall Rise: Poems by Clarius Ugwuoha

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Suicide shattered and scattered lonely and disillusioned his world hung on a ragged knot the birds sang...

My Name: Poetry by Joshua Omotayo Aire

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MY NAME (an invocation) . there is a way bodies fall into...

Cornelia Smith Fick: Fool’s Gold

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FOOL’S GOLD A familiar embrace of gold-bearing rock, tentacles spread to fissure; whispered...

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