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Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand

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Poetry

Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath

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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 0

It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...

Ritah Tumushabe | Sacred Threads: A Personal Journey of Faith and Loss

July 31, 2023 0

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

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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun

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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story

Fiction Shannon Kenny -

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

February 2, 2015 0

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

In the Footsteps of Achebe: Enter Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

October 15, 2005 3

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 0

A different silence This is not the one of the...

Shadows of a Coming Darkness: Poems by Bello Akeem

November 19, 2017 0

SHADOWS OF A COMING DARKNESS There’s a Mammoth on the...

Testaments of Love: Poems by Ajise Vincent

November 9, 2015 0

TESTAMENTS OF LOVE The testaments of our love are not...

Fiction

Andrea Zanin | Ghosts

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Fiction

Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom

Lucy Mwelu -

RANDOM FLASHBACK

Dipe Jola: Home

Poetry Dipe Jola -

Ogbonna Ogochukwu: Estranged Lover

Fiction Ogbonna Ogochukwu -

The History of Courage and Prayer: Fiction by Abigail George

Fiction Abigail George -

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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance

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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street

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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare

Tolu Akinwole -

Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink

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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life

Daniel Joe -

Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night

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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting

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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing

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The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals

John Edward Ellis -

AFRICAN WRITERCelebrating 20 Years.

CREATIVE NONFICTION

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