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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
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....
Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance
November 30, 2023
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I Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end...
The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
July 31, 2024
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The closed door notwithstanding, the proceedings bore audibly into...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Rumbie Mugadza | No!
April 29, 2023
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“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...
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...
An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
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I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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PLAY
Sefi Atta: Something Good Comes to Nigerian literature
May 23, 2005
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Ike Anya speaks with Sefi Atta on her recently...
“I’d love to see more Africans writing about Africa” – Segun Afolabi
October 15, 2005
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Segun Afolabi is the winner of the 2005 Caine...
Sandra A. Mushi: The Survival of Women is Still at the Mercy of Men
January 20, 2015
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Sandra A. Mushi is an interior architect, poet and...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Adura Ojo: Home
February 28, 2019
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HOME {i} I left the bush with no trees / scattered...
Death Kit: Experimental Haiku by Abigail George
May 29, 2014
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Haiku for Jean Rhys The photograph in-the-red-box. Like the juices of...
Mind Anarchy: Poems by Victor Ehikhamenor
May 25, 2005
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FULL MOON No sign of rain As the night is accentuated By...
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Martins Favour: The Blue One
Fiction
Martins Favour
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Nengi Ilagha: Words are the instruments of our warfare in the spirit, as in the flesh
People
Nduka Otiono
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Masimba Musodza | Running Out
Fiction
Masimba Musodza
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LAST MONTH...
Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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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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“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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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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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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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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