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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
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
1
"We only live once. We only die once. How...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
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...
Michelle Chepchumba: When Your Life Means Nothing
July 31, 2021
2
It is past midnight. Maybe 1:00 am, maybe 2:00....
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
2
for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
3
It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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PLAY
The Ladies at the White Board: A Memoir Excerpt by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema
February 2, 2015
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PART 1 When I walked into the then staff room...
In the Footsteps of Achebe: Enter Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
October 15, 2005
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A few years ago, over drinks with Ladipo Soetan,...
The Quintessence of Soyinkaism: By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
August 24, 2009
1
The presentation of the book Journeys Around and with...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
U.A. Edwardson: A Different Silence
August 31, 2020
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A different silence This is not the one of the...
Shadows of a Coming Darkness: Poems by Bello Akeem
November 19, 2017
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SHADOWS OF A COMING DARKNESS There’s a Mammoth on the...
Testaments of Love: Poems by Ajise Vincent
November 9, 2015
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TESTAMENTS OF LOVE The testaments of our love are not...
Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Dipe Jola: Home
Poetry
Dipe Jola
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Ogbonna Ogochukwu: Estranged Lover
Fiction
Ogbonna Ogochukwu
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The History of Courage and Prayer: Fiction by Abigail George
Fiction
Abigail George
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LAST MONTH...
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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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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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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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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