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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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Sunday, September 8, 2024
AFRICAN WRITER
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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Poetry
Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
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...
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....
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
November 19, 2017
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The shoes on my feet have seen three generations...
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...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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PLAY
A Paean to the Son of Idoto: My Thoughts about Christopher Okigbo
September 14, 2015
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I might as well admit it at the beginning:...
A Witness to these Times…The Akin Adesokan Interview
May 6, 2007
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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
February 2, 2015
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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
April 11, 2016
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THE RETIRED PSYCHIATRIST He remembers hearing the words we are not couples That...
The Striven Path: Poems by Adetuyi Adetola
February 29, 2016
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THE STRIVEN PATH The shouts of aworo at night The shrieking...
Autobiography of a Poet: Three Poems by Abigail George
October 17, 2016
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A POET Fabulous ochre – Every poem has a...
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
Soundbender: Music, Mathematics, and Poetry Fused
Essays & Reviews
Tope Salaudeen-Adégòkè
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Daniel Joe | A beautiful day for a sad face
Fiction
Daniel Joe
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Jordan: Poetry by Abigail George
Poetry
Abigail George
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LAST MONTH...
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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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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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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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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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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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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