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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
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....
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...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
How to Dispose of Good Shoes in Africa: Non-fiction by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor
November 19, 2017
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The shoes on my feet have seen three generations...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
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"We only live once. We only die once. How...
Rumbie Mugadza | No!
April 29, 2023
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“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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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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PLAY
A Daughter’s Burden: Obiageli Ibrahimat Okigbo & the Christopher Okigbo Legacy
August 13, 2007
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‘’Have you seen Nduka Otiono?’’ ‘’No I haven’t. Am...
Olabiyi Babalola J. Yai: Yoruba Studies Expert and Polymath
January 31, 2021
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Olabiyi Babalola Yai, linguist, cultural critic, philosopher, Yoruba studies...
Dr. Amitabh Mitra: A Creative Approach to Healing
January 2, 2014
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Sola Osofisan interviews Dr. Amitabh Mitra, a South African...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Memories of Another Day: Poems by Sola Osofisan
August 16, 2012
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Memories of Another Day (At the 1990 ANA Convention, University...
Footpaths of Thought: Poems by JKS Makokha
December 15, 2013
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I. Kilos of Bones How many bones will it take to...
wafula p’khisa: things i fear speaking when it’s dark
April 30, 2019
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things i fear speaking when it's dark I know when...
Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Nights of the Creaking Bed: A Short Story by Toni Kan Onwordi
Fiction
Toni Kan Onwordi
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The Flight of a Minstrel: Poems by Al-kasim Abdulkadir
Poetry
Al-Kasim Abdulkadir
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Soloist for the State: Two Poems by Nnaemeka Oruh
Poetry
Nnaemeka Oruh
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LAST MONTH...
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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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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“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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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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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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