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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
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...
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
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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...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
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...
Lips are Dark for a Reason: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
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My lips are dark. Pitch-dark. Black-charcoal dark. Moonless-night dark....
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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PLAY
“I Regret Nigeria Has Given Me Nothing But Insistent Pain From Childhood” – Obiwu
May 22, 2007
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Not everybody likes living in exile, yet it could...
The Title Of My Book Is The Opposite Of “Things Fall Apart”
October 15, 2005
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"It is not a good day to tell her,"...
Wesley Macheso: Fiction is greater than the reality it mirrors
May 9, 2016
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Wesley Macheso teaches Creative Writing and Literature at Mzuzu...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
A shadow of love: Poetry by Indigo Ife
August 31, 2018
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a shadow of love much often do we begin the creation...
Portraits the Artist Showed Us: Poetry by Anthony Okpunor
August 30, 2018
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…life imitates art Lana Del Rey PORTRAITS THE ARTIST SHOWED US he...
Prayers of the Saints: Poems by Adeola Ikuomola
October 15, 2015
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PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS There in the angelic censers The fervent...
Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Mourning Gunter Wilhelm Grass, Author of ‘The Tin Drum’
Essays & Reviews
Alexander K. Opicho
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Tryphena Yeboah: Who Do You Say I Am?
Fiction
Tryphena Yeboah
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Dearest Jumi: Fiction by Lily-Anne Longjohn
Fiction
Lily-Anne Longjohn
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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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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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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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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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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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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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