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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
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
3
I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
Michelle Chepchumba: When Your Life Means Nothing
July 31, 2021
2
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...
Sybil Fekurumoh | Tomorrow For My Worth, Today For Children
April 29, 2023
4
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...
Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance
November 30, 2023
0
I Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end...
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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PLAY
I’m doing things that appeal to me – Interview with Hyacinth Obunseh
June 13, 2007
1
Award winning author, publisher and consultant, Hyacinth Obunseh, who...
Sandra A. Mushi: The Survival of Women is Still at the Mercy of Men
January 20, 2015
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Sandra A. Mushi is an interior architect, poet and...
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...
Nket Godwin | Bus Stop Religion
November 30, 2023
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On Nassarawa road, a poem leaped out of the...
Opening Pandora’s Box in your Thirties: Three Poems by Abigail George
May 3, 2017
1
OPENING PANDORA’S BOX IN YOUR THIRTIES There’s a loss to...
Kunle Okesipe: A Few Things Worth Considering
August 31, 2020
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A FEW THINGS WORTH CONSIDERING The number of its fragments...
Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
When Luck Runs Out: A Short Story by Bamidele Gbenga Olowosile
Fiction
Bamidele Gbenga Olowosile
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A Brief Poem about Hunger: Poetry by Mesioye Johnson
Poetry
Mesioye Johnson
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Shadows of a Coming Darkness: Poems by Bello Akeem
Poetry
Bello Akeem
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LAST MONTH...
Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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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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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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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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“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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