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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
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...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
3
It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
1
"We only live once. We only die once. How...
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...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
2
for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
3
I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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PLAY
A Paean to the Son of Idoto: My Thoughts about Christopher Okigbo
September 14, 2015
1
I might as well admit it at the beginning:...
Pius Adesanmi: On A Re-Branding Mission Overseas
February 15, 2007
2
A young Nigerian lecturer in a Canadian university explains...
H.R. ole Kulet: Education Should Strengthen the Bonds Created by Culture
January 28, 2018
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Henry ole Kulet grew up in a village called...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Emmanuel Idem: On Chaos
August 31, 2019
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THE CHAOS OF LIVING I was five When I first attempted...
Looking out the Window: Poems by Chika Unigwe
May 5, 2007
2
Cele Uwa When the news came from home Spirited by the...
Once Upon January: A Poem by Emmanuel Isuku
December 15, 2013
3
ONCE UPON JANUARY January is dull; the dullest Of its brethren...
Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Kathryn Olushola: The War That Came but Never Happened
Fiction
Kathryn Olushola
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Song: Two Poems by Ogana D. Okpah
Poetry
Ogana D. Okpah
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I Want To Be Part Of The Nigerian Literary Community – Ken Wiwa
People
David Diai
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LAST MONTH...
The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
John Edward Ellis
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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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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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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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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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