Sunday, September 8, 2024

CREATIVE NONFICTION

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...

Sybil Fekurumoh | Tomorrow For My Worth, Today For Children

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The audience is witnessing a moment in a support...

Lips are Dark for a Reason: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi

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My lips are dark. Pitch-dark. Black-charcoal dark. Moonless-night dark....

Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile

‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...

How to Dispose of Good Shoes in Africa: Non-fiction by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor

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The shoes on my feet have seen three generations...

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

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Today, I have decided to retire my rosary. This...

Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease

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

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A Paean to the Son of Idoto: My Thoughts about Christopher Okigbo

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I might as well admit it at the beginning:...

A Witness to these Times…The Akin Adesokan Interview

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His voice floats through the waves, slides smoothly into...

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

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

Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM

A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...

The Retired Psychiatrist: Poetry by Abigail George

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THE RETIRED PSYCHIATRIST He remembers hearing the words we are not couples That...

The Striven Path: Poems by Adetuyi Adetola

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THE STRIVEN PATH The shouts of aworo at night The shrieking...

Autobiography of a Poet: Three Poems by Abigail George

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A POET Fabulous ochre – Every poem has a...

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