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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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Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
3
I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
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...
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
3
It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
2
for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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PLAY
Nnedi Okorafor: I just have stories to tell…
May 30, 2016
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Nnedi Okorafor is an important writer, period. She is...
The Phenomenal Woman: Remembering Dr. Maya Angelou
June 1, 2014
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A LIBRARY BURNS TO THE GROUND History suffers a great...
A Paean to the Son of Idoto: My Thoughts about Christopher Okigbo
September 14, 2015
1
I might as well admit it at the beginning:...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
A Man, Not Knowing What To Do: Poems by Emmanuel Sigauke
August 13, 2007
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A MAN, NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO This. Only this Is...
Telescope to the Planets: Poems by Abigail George
August 16, 2012
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If I was writing a prayer for peace If I...
When the Moon comes over the Mountain: Poems by Adeola Ikuomola
October 1, 2014
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THE MOON COMES OVER THE MOUNTAIN When the moon comes...
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Black Musings: Poetry by Awanto Margaret
Poetry
Awanto Margaret
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I Saved My Marriage: Flash Fiction by Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto
Fiction
Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto
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The Epiphany: A Short Story by Oscar Mubila
Fiction
Oscar Mubila
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LAST MONTH...
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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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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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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