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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
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
2
for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
Rumbie Mugadza | No!
April 29, 2023
0
“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...
Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance
November 30, 2023
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I Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
3
I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
1
"We only live once. We only die once. How...
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...
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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PLAY
Olabiyi Babalola J. Yai: Yoruba Studies Expert and Polymath
January 31, 2021
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Olabiyi Babalola Yai, linguist, cultural critic, philosopher, Yoruba studies...
I’m doing things that appeal to me – Interview with Hyacinth Obunseh
June 13, 2007
1
Award winning author, publisher and consultant, Hyacinth Obunseh, who...
H.R. ole Kulet: Education Should Strengthen the Bonds Created by Culture
January 28, 2018
7
Henry ole Kulet grew up in a village called...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Olabimpe Adedamola: All the times I wished I was a sponge
October 31, 2020
5
All the times I wished I was a sponge 1....
Don’t Stop Crying, Benny: Poetry by Levi Cheruo Cheptora
July 26, 2016
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DON’T STOP CRYING, BENNY I used to not get it. Now...
Ugochukwu Damian Okpara: Sixteen Couplets
November 30, 2019
1
Sixteen Couplets (for mother) come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried...
Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Riak Marial Riak | Weird things becoming memories
Poetry
Riak Marial Riak
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Abuoya Eruot: Mimicking the Love Scenes in Juliet and Romeo
Poetry
Abuoya Eruot
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Cow and Chicken: Fiction by Mercy Eni Wandera
Fiction
Mercy Eni Wandera
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LAST MONTH...
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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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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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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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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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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