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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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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
The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
July 31, 2024
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The closed door notwithstanding, the proceedings bore audibly into...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
August 31, 2024
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‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
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for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
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I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
Lips are Dark for a Reason: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
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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
July 31, 2023
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Today, I have decided to retire my rosary. This...
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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PLAY
Uwem Akpan: On Bullets, Bestsellers and Bedbugs
April 30, 2022
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Uwem Akpan In conversation with Sola Osofisan. In 2008, Uwem...
E B E R E O N W U!
May 4, 2007
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As I write this painful piece, his mangled body...
Niyi Osundare At 60
May 3, 2007
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Recently, Professor Niyi Osundare, poet, scholar, essayist, humanist and...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Ókólí Stephen Nonso: How to Find a Country in a Map
June 29, 2022
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How to Find a Country in a Map & this...
A shadow of love: Poetry by Indigo Ife
August 31, 2018
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a shadow of love much often do we begin the creation...
Toward a More Perfect Union: Poems by JKS Makokha
September 5, 2009
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TJRC and Other Recent Thoughts We shall adequately browse on the...
Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Secondary Worlds: A Poem by Sola Osofisan
Poetry
Sola Osofisan
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Night and Day: Poems by Abigail George
Poetry
Abigail George
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Bob Dylan: Verse Minus Zero, No Limit
Essays & Reviews
Isidore Emeka Uzoatu
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LAST MONTH...
Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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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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