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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
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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Poetry
Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
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...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
August 31, 2024
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‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
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....
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
Death of a Patriot: Creative Non-Fiction by A. Igoni Barrett
May 16, 2007
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Make you no go anywhere/Jus’ e wait dere make...
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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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
Okey Ndibe: A Book Reading Should be a Celebration
April 1, 2014
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Image: Sola OsofisanSola Osofisan interviews author and widely syndicated...
Playing with Poetry: A Conversation with Tade Ipadeola
March 31, 2021
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"I do think that our greatest investments should be...
Reading Culture and the Government in Kenya: A Publisher’s View
June 5, 2017
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Stakeholders in the book industry are agreed that Kenya...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Running: Poems by Nduka Echezonachukwu
July 26, 2016
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RUNNING I Living in a room alone is like hearing demons saying my...
Black Musings: Poetry by Awanto Margaret
July 30, 2018
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BLACK MUSINGS i am a drum whose sound is drowned...
Poems, Excitable Pursuit and the Company of Words
August 28, 2013
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Poems, Excitable Pursuit and the Company of Words (For Sylvia...
Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
A Chorus of Your Time: Fiction by Oluwakayode Falade
Fiction
Oluwakayode Falade
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A Visit to the Palace: Fiction by Obinna Ozoigbo
Fiction
Obinna Ozoigbo
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Guest Writer: Poems by Changming Yuan
Poetry
Changming Yuan
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LAST MONTH...
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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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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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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