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AFRICAN WRITER
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Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
1
"We only live once. We only die once. How...
Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance
November 30, 2023
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I Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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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
My Book Is A Product Of Frustration – Odili Ujubuonu
May 4, 2007
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Odili Ujubuonu, winner of this year's ANA/JACARANDA Prize for...
Interview with Hafsatu Ahmed Abdulwahid
October 25, 2008
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ADAMU: Could we hear a brief about your life? ABDULWAHID:...
Saddiq M. Dzukogi: Conceiving, Incubating & Delivering Poetry
May 6, 2014
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Wale Owoade interviews Saddiq M. Dzukogi, poet and author...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Seeds of Passions: Poems by Adebayo Akinloye
August 13, 2007
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SHE SEES beyond the birdsongs and games beyond the immemorial shrines of...
Crows in Snow: Poems by E.J. Simeon
August 22, 2016
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CROWS IN SNOW Crows soaring over a snowfield. Their wings black...
Moo: Poems by Stephen Oladele Solanke
March 19, 2008
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moo we were two stars that got burnt we were two meteors that fell, flaming we...
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Èṣù Is Not Satan: Poetry by Kayode Afolabi
Poetry
Kayode Afolabi
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Armed With the Story: A Short Story by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Fiction
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
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Ifeoluwa Ayandele: For Boys on the Staircase of Heaven
Poetry
Ifeoluwa Ayandele
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LAST MONTH...
Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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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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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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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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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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