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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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Sunday, September 8, 2024
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
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
3
It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Death of a Patriot: Creative Non-Fiction by A. Igoni Barrett
May 16, 2007
0
Make you no go anywhere/Jus’ e wait dere make...
An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
3
I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Rumbie Mugadza | No!
April 29, 2023
0
“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
1
"We only live once. We only die once. How...
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...
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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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
Anezi Okoro: Celebrating the Master Story Teller in Enugu
August 22, 2016
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Enugu had not quite witnessed a literary event of...
Violet Barungi: I try to highlight social issues affecting women
May 10, 2010
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1. You began writing while still a student at...
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...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Song of the Crow: Poems by O. Chiedozie Kelechi Danjuma
May 6, 2018
2
SONG OF THE CROW Once upon a time, all birds...
Jos and Me: Poetry by Omale Allen Abdul-jabbar
August 31, 2015
3
Jos and Me (For the beloved city of Jos and...
Godhead: Poetry by Abalanne Xafulo Ugochukwu
January 30, 2019
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GODHEAD When Mother walks her hands plant themselves grudgingly on her waist, a...
Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Eyes That Cry: Fiction by Abenea Ndago
Fiction
Abenea Ndago
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Lucky James Evbouan: The Final Rites
Fiction
Lucky James Evbouan
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My Name: Poetry by Joshua Omotayo Aire
Poetry
Joshua Omotayo Aire
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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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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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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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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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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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