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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
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
1
"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...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
2
for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
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...
Michelle Chepchumba: When Your Life Means Nothing
July 31, 2021
2
It is past midnight. Maybe 1:00 am, maybe 2:00....
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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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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PLAY
Titilope Sonuga: I believe in truth-telling as a pathway to healing
July 21, 2017
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Títílopẹ́ Sónúgà (she writes it as “Titilope Sonuga”) is...
Ogaga Ifowodo: Slipping a Stone in the Sling of Prose and Poetry
January 19, 2016
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The name Ogaga Ifowodo, PhD., is familiar to many,...
Recalling the Iconic Exit of Chinua Achebe
March 28, 2016
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Chinua Achebe died at exactly 11:51pm (US time). That...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Aquarium: Poems by Victor Azubike
June 10, 2018
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AQUARIUM We are fixated at jellyfishes; The snaky eels, They are stunted; They...
The Nuclear Ghost Towns: Poems by Adeola Ikuomola
June 21, 2015
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THE NUCLEAR GHOST TOWNS The moon is a spark on...
Fever Pitch: Poems by Abigail George
June 21, 2015
1
Fever Pitch Gardens of the sun – I need your fields...
Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Mammy Water: Fiction by Felicia Taave
Fiction
Felicia Taave
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Olalekan Daniel Kehinde: Becoming The Man My Father Was
Poetry
Olalekan Daniel Kehinde
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The Pressure Cooker: Fiction by Deleteh Bank
Fiction
Deleteh Bank
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LAST MONTH...
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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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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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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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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