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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
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AFRICAN WRITER
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Poetry
Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
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...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
2
for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
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...
Sybil Fekurumoh | Tomorrow For My Worth, Today For Children
April 29, 2023
4
The audience is witnessing a moment in a support...
Michelle Chepchumba: When Your Life Means Nothing
July 31, 2021
2
It is past midnight. Maybe 1:00 am, maybe 2:00....
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....
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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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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PLAY
E.C. Osondu: A Writer must come to the blank page with humility
August 22, 2016
2
E.C. Osondu is the author of Voice of America...
Nuzo Onoh: Terrified of Planes, Heights, Oceans, Thunder, Roaches…
August 17, 2015
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Nuzo Onoh is the author of The Reluctant Dead...
Sefi Atta: Something Good Comes to Nigerian literature
May 23, 2005
1
Ike Anya speaks with Sefi Atta on her recently...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
A Masquerade of Spirits: Poems by Wesley Macheso
November 18, 2014
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A Masquerade of Spirits Behind the mask he is a...
Mother Moon and Baby Stars: Poems by Adeola Ikuomola
August 22, 2016
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MOTHER MOON AND BABY STARS Mother moon and baby stars Walking...
December in Johannesburg: Poetry & Watercolours by Amitabh Mitra
March 16, 2009
2
December in Johannesburg december in johannesburg brought the heat wave so familiar to...
Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
chukwu patrick ifeanyi: Incongruity
Poetry
Chukwu Patrick Ifeanyi
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Ókólí Stephen Nonso: How to Find a Country in a Map
Poetry
Ókólí Stephen Nónsó
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No. 69 Garden Street: Fiction by Nwafor Emmanuel
Fiction
Emmanuel Nwafor
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LAST MONTH...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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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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“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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The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
John Edward Ellis
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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