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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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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
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...
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...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
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...
Michelle Chepchumba: When Your Life Means Nothing
July 31, 2021
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It is past midnight. Maybe 1:00 am, maybe 2:00....
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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PLAY
Nnedi Okorafor: I just have stories to tell…
May 30, 2016
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Nnedi Okorafor is an important writer, period. She is...
Abigail George: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer
October 4, 2013
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I don’t want to be cool and for a long time I was experimenting with different voices in my writing. It took me a long time to realise I just had to be myself, comfortable with who I was. I don’t want to be popular. I don’t know how to be cool...
Good Night, Nike Adesuyi: So Long a Night!
October 22, 2016
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CYCLES (For Nosa) Days come, Days go, Each writes a distinct Paragraph in the...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Memories of Another Day: Poems by Sola Osofisan
August 16, 2012
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Memories of Another Day (At the 1990 ANA Convention, University...
Mujahid Ameen Lilo: Portrait of my brother as my father
January 31, 2022
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Portrait of my brother as my father my brother salaams...
Techi: Poems by Femi Morgan
February 2, 2015
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TECHI I'm a deacon with an Ipad of words; I...
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Invisible Tears: Poems by Yaw Panfo
Poetry
Yaw Panfo
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Sojourner: Poems by Chika Okeke
Poetry
Chika Okeke
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Marial Awendit | The Guest
Poetry
Marial Awendit
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LAST MONTH...
Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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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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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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