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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
Saturday, September 7, 2024
AFRICAN WRITER
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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
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...
Rumbie Mugadza | No!
April 29, 2023
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“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...
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...
An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
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I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
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for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
The Economy of Loss: Creative non-fiction by Dami Ajayi
September 11, 2009
2
There’s been a death in the family. You can...
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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PLAY
“I’d love to see more Africans writing about Africa” – Segun Afolabi
October 15, 2005
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Segun Afolabi is the winner of the 2005 Caine...
Why I write in the dead of night – Ogaga Ifowodo
May 6, 2007
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Like most prominent writers, Ogaga Ifowodo started his writing...
Maik Nwosu: My Influences are a Collage of the Crossroads
January 7, 2015
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Sola Osofisan interviews Maik Nwosu, poet, novelist, journalist and...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Woman: Poems by Perpetual Emenekwum-Eziefule
June 16, 2005
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You and I The grass has refused to grow Stunted they...
A Brief Poem about Hunger: Poetry by Mesioye Johnson
September 30, 2018
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A BRIEF POEM ABOUT HUNGER (after Agarau) you always want to...
Freewill: Poems by Dela Bobobee
January 9, 2009
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Freewill God’s love created mortal man at sea and gave him...
Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
The Tale of a Country I Love – by Wairimu Wanjiru
Essays & Reviews
Wairimu Wanjiru
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The Whirlwind: A Short Story by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
Fiction
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
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Claude Hiol | We Need to Talk
Fiction
Claude Hiol
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LAST MONTH...
Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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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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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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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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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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