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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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Saturday, September 7, 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
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...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
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"We only live once. We only die once. How...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
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for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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PLAY
A Daughter’s Burden: Obiageli Ibrahimat Okigbo & the Christopher Okigbo Legacy
August 13, 2007
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‘’Have you seen Nduka Otiono?’’ ‘’No I haven’t. Am...
Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún: Renaissance is Badly Needed in African Language Literature
January 28, 2018
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36-year-old Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún is a poet, blogger, linguist and...
Nnedi Okorafor: I just have stories to tell…
May 30, 2016
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Nnedi Okorafor is an important writer, period. She is...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Echezonachukwu Nduka: Transition
December 31, 2019
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TRANSITION 1. What the old teacher said to me, young philosopher, cannot...
Zama Madinana | lines for tsitsi
October 1, 2023
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lines for tsitsi when you crossed the limpopo river with a...
Dirge at Dawn: Poems by Senator Ihenyen
December 19, 2005
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MEMORIES I cry in the rain as memories of you rise in the rainbow painting smiles in the...
Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Reflections on Echezonachukwu Nduka’s ‘Waterman’
Essays & Reviews
African Writer Magazine
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Poetics of Remonstration: An Inter-textual Analysis of E.E. Sule’s Poetry
Essays & Reviews
Paul Liam
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Glow: Poems by Gerry Shula Sikazwe
Poetry
Gerry Shula Sikazwe
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LAST MONTH...
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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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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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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