Tuesday, September 24, 2024

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The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals

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The closed door notwithstanding, the proceedings bore audibly into...

Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile

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‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...

How to Dispose of Good Shoes in Africa: Non-fiction by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor

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The shoes on my feet have seen three generations...

Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease

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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...

Lips are Dark for a Reason: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi

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My lips are dark. Pitch-dark. Black-charcoal dark. Moonless-night dark....

Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance

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I                                        Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end...

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The Phenomenal Woman: Remembering Dr. Maya Angelou

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A LIBRARY BURNS TO THE GROUND History suffers a great...

Sanya Osha: Doing Violence to the Idea of the Novel

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Sola Osofisan interviews poet, novelist and philosopher Sanya Osha,...

Wesley Macheso: Fiction is greater than the reality it mirrors

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Wesley Macheso teaches Creative Writing and Literature at Mzuzu...

Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM

A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...

The Baker: Poems by Mercy Eni Wandera

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THE BAKER In the early Monday morning When it's so cold...

My Brother, From Another Woman: Poetry by Levi Cheruo Cheptora

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MY BROTHER, FROM ANOTHER WOMAN I saw him again today Heaving...

A Leopard is not a Good Hunting Companion: A Poem

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A LEOPARD IS NOT A GOOD HUNTING COMPANION The leopard...

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