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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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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
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
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...
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...
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...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
3
It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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PLAY
I Write To Process The World Gently: Sefi Atta In Conversation with Ike Anya
August 28, 2008
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It’s good to talk to you again after so...
A Daughter’s Burden: Obiageli Ibrahimat Okigbo & the Christopher Okigbo Legacy
August 13, 2007
3
‘’Have you seen Nduka Otiono?’’ ‘’No I haven’t. Am...
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...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
The Rage Is Red: Poems by Oyin Oludipe
February 3, 2014
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THE RAGE IS RED (Dedicated to those who lost their...
Where We Were Born: Poetry by Madu Chisom Kingdavid
March 28, 2016
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WHERE WE WERE BORN I. Still a clayey Canaan on the...
Old man, Dreams, Writing: Poems by Tendai R. Mwanaka
January 4, 2014
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OLD MAN, DREAMS, WRITING We had had some words with...
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
Sixty-Eight Years on a Motorcycle
Essays & Reviews
Abenea Ndago
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The Printed Word Beyond the Spoken Story: A Review of ‘Blood Will Call’
Essays & Reviews
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
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The Days In June: A Short Story By Al-Kasim Abdulkadir
Fiction
Al-Kasim Abdulkadir
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LAST MONTH...
Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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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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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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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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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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