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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
An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
3
I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
The Economy of Loss: Creative non-fiction by Dami Ajayi
September 11, 2009
2
There’s been a death in the family. You can...
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...
The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
July 31, 2024
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The closed door notwithstanding, the proceedings bore audibly into...
Rumbie Mugadza | No!
April 29, 2023
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“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...
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...
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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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
Violet Barungi: I try to highlight social issues affecting women
May 10, 2010
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1. You began writing while still a student at...
Good Night, Nike Adesuyi: So Long a Night!
October 22, 2016
4
CYCLES (For Nosa) Days come, Days go, Each writes a distinct Paragraph in the...
Shadreck Chikoti: Speculative fiction is wide in its scope
May 6, 2018
2
Shadreck Chikoti is passionate about the development of writing...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
‘With no Picture but you: Poems by Wazani Adamu Ijarafu
October 11, 2017
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'WITH NO PICTURE BUT YOU You're the canvas upon which...
Waiting Tables: Poems by Wesley Macheso
December 13, 2014
2
WAITING TABLES We sail across the ocean to sell smiles and...
When A Flower Journeys: Poems by Wazani Adamu Ijarafu
May 13, 2018
3
WHEN A FLOWER JOURNEYS I would not have told you That...
Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Message from Aso Rock to a Poet in Exile
Poetry
Pius Adesanmi
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Ohikhuare Isuku: Poems from a Depressed Soul who is not Afraid to Die
Poetry
Ohikhuare 'Emmanuel' Isuku
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Don’t Go Home, He Knows: A Short Story by Toni Kan Onwordi
Fiction
Toni Kan Onwordi
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LAST MONTH...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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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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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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