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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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Saturday, September 7, 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
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....
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...
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...
Rumbie Mugadza | No!
April 29, 2023
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“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...
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...
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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PLAY
Some Things Just Cannot Wait…Helon Habila Discusses Measuring Time With Ike Anya
January 31, 2008
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Q: Congratulations on the publication of Measuring Time and...
Prof. Monica Mweseli: Okot P’bitek’s Call Still Relevant to All African Writers
March 4, 2017
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Political turbulence following Idi Amin’s 1971 coup in Uganda...
Bunmi Oyinsan: I Was Born A Feminist
May 28, 2007
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On Thursday 17 August, 2006, Bunmi Oyinsan, Canada-based Nigerian...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Memorials: Poems by Adeola Ikuomola
July 26, 2016
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MEMORIALS With whisperings in the winds And huge murmurings in the...
Ayomide Michael Bayowa: Asylum
February 28, 2019
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ASYLUM Far-off, we follow the hearts of rivers in...
Abdulbaseet Yusuff: federal character
June 1, 2020
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federal character I have picked my best suit, black, shiny —...
Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Steady my Emotion: Poems by Tope Akeredolu
Poetry
Tope Akeredolu
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Feel Your Eyes: Fiction by Kenechukwu ‘Childless’ Obiezu
Fiction
Kenechukwu Childless Obiezu
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The Sore Skinned Traveler: Fiction by Siraj A. Sabuke
Fiction
Siraj A. Sabuke
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LAST MONTH...
Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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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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The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
John Edward Ellis
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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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