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AFRICAN WRITER
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Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
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for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
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...
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...
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...
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
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...
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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PLAY
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...
Nuzo Onoh: Terrified of Planes, Heights, Oceans, Thunder, Roaches…
August 17, 2015
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Nuzo Onoh is the author of The Reluctant Dead...
Playing with Poetry: A Conversation with Tade Ipadeola
March 31, 2021
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"I do think that our greatest investments should be...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Where Rivers Sing A Song: a Poem by Segun Akinlolu (Beautiful Nubia)
May 5, 2007
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WHERE RIVERS SING A SONG Song: I come from a...
Tshifhiwa Itai Ratshiungo: Mma
August 31, 2020
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Mma You asked me not to make my words beautiful, yet...
Braiding Water: Poetry by Richard Anyah
December 15, 2015
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Braiding Water …you say it is love, it is poison. -nasir...
Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
The Writer and the Global Frontier
Essays & Reviews
Maik Nwosu
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Autobiography of a Poet: Three Poems by Abigail George
Poetry
Abigail George
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A Foray Into the Life of Artists and their Sacrifices
Essays & Reviews
Omale Allen Abdul-Jabbar
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LAST MONTH...
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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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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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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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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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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