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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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Saturday, September 7, 2024
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
The Economy of Loss: Creative non-fiction by Dami Ajayi
September 11, 2009
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There’s been a death in the family. You can...
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...
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...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
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...
An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
3
I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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PLAY
Some Things Just Cannot Wait…Helon Habila Discusses Measuring Time With Ike Anya
January 31, 2008
2
Q: Congratulations on the publication of Measuring Time and...
A Daughter’s Burden: Obiageli Ibrahimat Okigbo & the Christopher Okigbo Legacy
August 13, 2007
3
‘’Have you seen Nduka Otiono?’’ ‘’No I haven’t. Am...
“I’d love to see more Africans writing about Africa” – Segun Afolabi
October 15, 2005
4
Segun Afolabi is the winner of the 2005 Caine...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
A Matter of Size: Poems by Charlina Daitouah
October 6, 2012
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Back to Earth So deathly bored am I, of all...
Abigail George | Going all the way with it
January 31, 2024
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Ted Hughes (eight haiku) Weave your poetry – shamanic-wisdomAnd not...
Olayioye Paul Bamidele: i gaslight the bark of a baobab tree
September 30, 2022
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i gaslight the bark of a baobab tree my mouth...
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Birds of Paradise: Poems by Folasayo Dele-Ogunrinde
Poetry
Folasayo Dele-Ogunrinde
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Victims: Poetry by Paul Oluwafemi David
Poetry
Paul Oluwafemi David
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…And Death Came Calling: A Short Story by Munachim Amah
Fiction
Munachim Amah
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LAST MONTH...
Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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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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