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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
Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance
November 30, 2023
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I Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
2
for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
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...
Rumbie Mugadza | No!
April 29, 2023
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“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...
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...
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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PLAY
Interview with James Murua, Founder of JamesMurua.com
March 28, 2016
2
Webmasters, bloggers and editors of literary websites are usually...
Kabu Okai-Davies: Expatriate of the Imagination, Emigrant of Dreams
December 13, 2014
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Sola Osofisan interviews Kabu Okai-Davies, Australia-based Ghanaian poet, playwright,...
The role of any writer is to write – The Tolulope Ogunlesi Interview
May 26, 2007
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TOLULOPE GBENGA OGUNLESI could be counted among the few...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Waiting Tables: Poems by Wesley Macheso
December 13, 2014
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WAITING TABLES We sail across the ocean to sell smiles and...
Pain at Midnight: Poems by Abigail George
March 30, 2011
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Captive So our rift grows Deeper, widens like the curves Of the...
Kehinde Adedeji: I Dream of Peace
August 31, 2021
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I dream of peace Carry me Oh winds of songs Let me...
Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Prophecy of Pain: Poetry by Kabu Okai-Davies
Poetry
Kabu Okai-Davies
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Kuramo Waters: Poems by Ike Anya
Poetry
Ike Anya
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In the name of our sisters: Everything Good Will Come
Essays & Reviews
Ikhide R. Ikheloa (Nnamdi)
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LAST MONTH...
Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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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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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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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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