Saturday, September 7, 2024

CREATIVE NONFICTION

Lips are Dark for a Reason: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi

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My lips are dark. Pitch-dark. Black-charcoal dark. Moonless-night dark....

An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi

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I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...

Michelle Chepchumba: When Your Life Means Nothing

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It is past midnight. Maybe 1:00 am, maybe 2:00....

Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile

‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...

Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease

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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...

Death of a Patriot: Creative Non-Fiction by A. Igoni Barrett

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Make you no go anywhere/Jus’ e wait dere make...

Sybil Fekurumoh | Tomorrow For My Worth, Today For Children

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The audience is witnessing a moment in a support...

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My Generation Better Than Those Before Us – Toni Kan Onwordi

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Toni Kan's quill glints like an emerald whenever he...

Some Things Just Cannot Wait…Helon Habila Discusses Measuring Time With Ike Anya

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Q: Congratulations on the publication of Measuring Time and...

Naipanoi Lepapa: I needed to be a poet to save myself…

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Naipanoi Lepapa is a journalist and poet. Her evolving...

Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM

A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...

Marechera’s Cemetery of the Mind: Poems by Abigail George

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Marechera’s Cemetery of the Mind A black rose amongst black...

Our Horizon: Poems by Gbolahan Badmus

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Our Horizon There are reasons we are blind —Blind to see...

Memories of my home: A Poem by Syerramia Willoughby

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Memories of my home Mountains that rise and rise, but...

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