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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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Saturday, September 7, 2024
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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...
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
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...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
Sybil Fekurumoh | Tomorrow For My Worth, Today For Children
April 29, 2023
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The audience is witnessing a moment in a support...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
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for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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PLAY
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...
Kabu Okai-Davies: Expatriate of the Imagination, Emigrant of Dreams
December 13, 2014
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Sola Osofisan interviews Kabu Okai-Davies, Australia-based Ghanaian poet, playwright,...
Shadreck Chikoti: Speculative fiction is wide in its scope
May 6, 2018
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Shadreck Chikoti is passionate about the development of writing...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
My Brother, From Another Woman: Poetry by Levi Cheruo Cheptora
October 4, 2016
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MY BROTHER, FROM ANOTHER WOMAN I saw him again today Heaving...
Joy Abraham: A Party for Fools
June 1, 2020
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A PARTY FOR FOOLS From the place we stand, the...
Wisdom Adediji: substance of things hoped for
July 31, 2022
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substance of things hoped for ‘ … is the substance...
Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Wild Mountains in Motion: Poems by Adeola Ikuomola
Poetry
Adeola Ikuomola
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Prayers of the Saints: Poems by Adeola Ikuomola
Poetry
Adeola Ikuomola
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Darkness Visible: An Essay by Abigail George
Essays & Reviews
Abigail George
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LAST MONTH...
“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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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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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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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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