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Hyacinth Obunseh

Ijeoma Ogwuegbu

Jamin Owhovoriole

Jumoke Verissimo

Kayode Aderinokun

Mobolaji Adenubi

Nkechi Nwosu-Igbo

Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu

Obakanse S. Lakanse

Obiwu Iwuanyanwu

Olubukola Kwegan

Osita Okoroafor

Perpetual Emenekwum-Eziefule

Pious Elemchukwu Okoro

Simbo Olorunfemi

Tolulope Ogunlesi

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Toyin Adewale-Gabriel

Unoma Nguemo Azuah

Victor Ehikhamenor

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Fallen Stars - Poems by Chinye Billeter

A Lifetime Under The African Sky - A Poem by Carol Basudde

A Walk In The Sky - Poems by Fr. Remi Okere

The Tortoise and the Gem of Priceless Value - A Poem by D.M.D. Goodhead

Trims of Blood - Poems by Henry Ajumeze

The Story of Becoming - Lessons from my Grandfather – A Poem by Nducu wa Ngugi

Harmattan - Poems by Uchenna Shadrach Franklin

Moo - Poems by Stephen Oladele Solanke

If I Die Unsung...A Poem by Olasunkanmi Sanusi

The Worshipper – A Poem by Raïs Neza Boneza

February 13 - A Poem by Austyn Njoku

Mama Africa - A Poem by Selome Araya

An Ode To The Brothas - A Poem by Doreen Chimangah

Christal Marie - A Poem by D.M.D. Goodhead

Who Am I? - Poems by Baba Olutunde Olufemi

Rhythms From The Heart - Poems by Emeka Azuine

Still World - Poems by Olufunmi Aluko

Defenderemos - Poems by Adeniran Okewole

The Turn of the Seasons - Poems by Adegboyega Abiola

House of Hunger - Poems and Artworks by Barthosa Nkurumeh

Mental Mosaic - Poems by Denrele Ogunwa

Iremoje - A Poem by Akeem Lasisi

Music - Poems by Toyin Adewale-Gabriel

Even Dancers Write - Poems by Qudus Onikeku

Night Opens My Mind - Poems by Henry Ajumeze

Close to Nature - Poems by Nnamdi Ben Nneji

War Crimes – A Poem by Ubong Anwana

Of Dreams And Reality - Poems By Olatunji Ololade

The End Of Infinity - War Poems by Mary Kimani

When Love is a Raw Country - Poems by DMD Goodhead

The Red Drum - Poems by Dela Bobobee

Tongue Of Currency - Poems By Adebayo Akinloye

Homage to Hostages - Poems by Dike Okoro

One Leadless Grappler - Poems by Ejovwoke Ophori

So Rough A Journey - Poems by Pious Elemchukwu Okoro

Eyes Looking From Afar - Poems By Emmanuel Sigauke

Home, Sour Home - Poems By Adebayo Akinloye

The Cross-Continental Black Nation - A Poem by Rukayat Ololade Aliyu

Dance With Me Brother - Poems By Abdulrasheed Yusuf

The Bridge - Poems by Al-Kasim Abdulkadir

Past Perfect - Poems by Dele Afolabi

Poetry Of The Beginning And End - Poems By Umar Abubakar Sidi

Colourless Rainbow - Poems By Senator Ihenyen

The Path Taken - Poems by Dela Bobobee

A Game Of Fools - A Poem by Enekwe Ginikanwa

Rest In Jail - Poems by 'Lakunle Jaiyesimi

Fumes and Flares - Poems by Uche Peter Umez

Striptease - Poems by Tubal Rabbi Cain

A Bridge Passing Under Many Waters - Poems by Ololade Adewuyi

Labyrinth of Disgust - A Poem by Efeduma Eseoghene

What Can I Call This? - Poems by Kole Ade-Odutola

My River - A Poem by Rukayat Ololade Aliyu

Darfur - Poems by Elizabeth Z. Tshele

Season's Craze - Poems by Nnaemeka Oruh

These spatters upon my roof - Poems by Tope Adeboboye

Hollow in a Man - Poems by Mary Opaluwa

Secondary Worlds - A Poem by Sola Osofisan

The Spectrum of Fear - Poems by Ubong Anwana

Eyes Upon The Road - Poems by Niyi Juliad

A Woman, Africa - A Poem by Deji Akanni

Threshold Of Nothingness - Poems by Francis Ohanyido

Auchi - Poems by Austyn Njoku

All of Me - Poems by Anne Axis

Beside the Lagoon - Poems by Amatoritsero (Godwin) Ede

Windows - Poems by Niran Okewole

Have You Seen That Land? - Poems by Remi Raji

If You Will - Poems by Unoma Nguemo Azuah

Looking out the Window - Poems by Chika Unigwe

Changing Times - Poems by Rosemary Esehagu

Can't You See? - Poems by Segun Akinlolu

I Am Bound To This Land By Blood - Poems by Olu Oguibe

When A Dream Lingers Too Long - Poems by Toni Kan Onwordi

Where Rivers Sing A Song - Poems by Segun Akinlolu

The Horsemen - Poems by Obi Nwakanma

I Embrace My Insanity - Poems by Folasayo Dele-Ogunrinde

The Revolution Has No Tribe - Poems by Dike Chukwumerije

Mothers of Sorrow - Poems by Akeem Oyalowo

Incantations - Poems by Clarius Ugwuoha

Dirge At Dawn - Poems by Senator Ihenyen

Sojourner - Poems by Chika Okeke

The Passenger - Poems by Eyitemi Egwuenu

The Turn of the Seasons - Poems by Abiola Adegboyega

The Sun Shall Rise - Poems by Clarius Ugwuoha

When Men Play God - Poems by Osita Okoroafor

Shores of Memory - Poems by Angela Nwosu

Fretwire: Work in Progress - Poems by Uche Nduka

Song of a Riverbird - Poems by Lola Shoneyin

Existential Romantica - Poems by Hamzat Kassim

Demise of the Town Crier

Mortal Thoughts - Poems by Sean Adetula

Unrestricted Access - Poems by Nnorom Azuonye

Moon O'er Cross River - Poems by Alexander Orok

Woman - Poems By Perpetual Emenekwum-Eziefule

I Am Still Eager - Poems by Uduma Kalu

Friends - Poems by OluBukola Kwegan

Message from Aso Rock to a Poet in Exile

The Last Epistle Of Saro-Wiwa - Poems by Karo Umukoro

Holiday Snaps - Poems by Denrele Ogunwa

Birds of Paradise - Poems by Folasayo Dele-Ogunrinde

God Punish You, Lord Lugard - Poems by Ogaga Ifowodo

Chaos Incognito - Poems by Kayode Aderinokun

Ballad Of The Peace-Keeper - Poems by Maik Nwosu

Good Girls Go To Heaven, Bad Girls Go Everywhere

Kuramo Waters - Poems by Ike Anya

Mind Anarchy - Poems by Victor Ehikhamenor

The Face of God - Poems by Oliver Mbamara

Children of the Netherworld - Poems by Denrele Ogunwa

Curves of Change - Poems by Perpetual Emenekwum-Eziefule

I Walk Away From You - Poems by Sarah O'Gorman

Jazzy Blues - Winter Poems by Ikhide R. Ikheloa

The Legend of Andrew Zubair – A Short Story by Adeleke Adesanya

When The Veneer Cracks…A Short Story by Sandra-Anne Heteckery-Gudza

A Box of Atonement - A Short Story by Emma Iduma

About 'urn - A Short Story by Segun Akinyode

Oil On Water – A Short Story by Sandra A. Mushi

Battle Against Vulnerability - A Short Story by Emmanuel Onyedi Wingate

The Sepulcher Speaks - A Short Story by Lakunle Jaiyesimi

Okamma n’ilo – A Short Story by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe

For Both Our Sakes - A Short Story by Nnamdi Oguike

Lacliques' Drinks and Dance - A Short Story by P.M. Jayawardana

The Letter - A Short Story by Sandra A. Mushi

Her Horseman's Word - A Short Story by Bunmi Oyinsan

No Thoroughfare - A Short Story by Bunmi Oynisan

Grindstone – A Short Story by Chuma Nwokolo Jr.

And I Alone Am Left to Protect Thee...A Short Story by Amran Gaye

The Whispering trees – A Short Story by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

Reliving Christmas - A Short Story by Flourishing Florida

The Trigger – A Short Story by Adebayo Akinloye

The Voice - A Short Story by Umar Abubakar Sidi

Bride Price - A Short Story by Sandra A. Mushi

Tale Of Two Nigeria - A Short Story by 'Lakunle Jaiyesimi

Grandma Grace - A Short Story by Tolulope Ogunlesi

What To Do When You Meet A Girl In Traffic, Crying - A Short Story by Amran Gaye

The Front Of The Past - A Short Story By Omale Allen Abdul Jabbar

Her Eyes - A Short Story by Sandra A. Mushi

We Have Decided to Help - A Short Story by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

I Died - A Short Story by 'Lakunle Jaiyesimi

The Funeral - A Short Story by Rosie R.

Eight Years And Forty Days - A Short Story by Sandra A. Mushi

Ghost - A Short Story by Isaac Attah Ogezi

The Plate of Ugali - A Short Story by Sandra A. Mushi

Time Of Petals - A Short Story By Emma Iduma

Useless - A Short Story by Uche Peter Umez

The Artist At Work - A Short Story by Philip Oyok

Checkpoint - A Short Story by Bamidele Gbenga Olowosile

How to Break Up with a White Man - A Short Story by Rosie R.

Telling Mother - A Short Story by Nan Owo

The Days In June - A Short Story By Al-Kasim Abdulkadir

The Epiphany - A Short Story by Oscar Mubila

The Last Messenger - A Short Story by Anietie Isong

A Difficult Kind of Belief - A Short Stoy by Segun Akinyode

The Beaten Track - A Short Story by Molara Wood

For The Love Of M - A Short Story by Flourishing Florida

Chasing The Dream - A Short Story by Uche Nworah

The Sword of Barbushe - A Short Story by Umar Abubakar Sidi

Invasion Of Privacy - A Short Story by Abigail George

Stingy Dad - A Short Story by Emmanuel Sule

Among Strangers - A Short Story by Jude Dibia

Feline Draw - A Short Story by Flourishing Florida

Pronged Alternatives - A Short Story by Segun Akinyode

The President-s Portrait - A Short Story by Sumaila Isah Umaisha

Truth - A Short Story by Oscar Mubila

Amba's Nightmare - Short Story by Akin Adesokan

Don't Go Home, He Knows - A Short Story by Toni Kan Onwordi

A Bloody Tenth Year - A Short Story by Ololade Adewuyi

Love And The Man - A Short Story by Elnathan John

Born To Run - A Short Story by Wumi Raji

The Twist - A Short Story by Segun Akinyode

Bottomless Pit - A Short Story by Vera Ezimora

A Place Called Hope - A Short Story by Jude Dibia

The Last Hiding Place - A Short Story by Sumaila Isah Umaisha

The Fire That Charred Amani - A Short Story by Ronnie Uzoigwe

The Palm Wine Bandit - A Short Story by by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu

The Dogs of Sa'ra - A Short Story by Maik Nwosu

Cutback Arrangement - A Short Story by Jumoke Verissimo

The Masquerade - A Short Story by Ronnie Uzoigwe

Broken Melody - A Short Story by Eyitemi Egwuenu

Ma Own Don Finish! - A Short Story by Unoma Nguemo Azuah

The Cycle - A Short Story by Toyin Adewale-Gabriel

Nights Of The Creaking Bed - A Short Story by Toni Kan Onwordi

Amphibious Green - A Short Story by by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu

One Star for the General - A Short Story by Amatoritsero Ede

The Inconvenient Lover - A Short Story by Ike Oguine

In America - A Short Story by Maik Nwosu

Borrowed Smile - A Short Story by Chika Unigwe

Every Day Is For The Thief

The Demystification of the ‘Euromerican’ Myth in Awoshakin’s Lost and Found in America

Burma Boys and Strange Wars

In the name of our sisters: Everything Good Will Come

Ojaide sings The Tale of the Harmattan from Cape Town

Restless Diary: Yellow-Yellow Rivers of Dreams

In the Shadows of Unbridled Change - A Review by Ikhide R. Ikheloa

Restless Journeys and Horsemen - A Review by Ikhide R. Ikheloa

The Virgins Of Flaming Change - A Book Review by Ikhide R. Ikheloa

Measuring Time...Slowly

A Blazing Sun - The Story Teller Returns

A Celebration Of Zaynab Alkali's The Descendants

The Activist Dies in Tanure Ojaide's Dreams

Song of a Riverbird...A Review

In Her Prime, The Male Monster: A Review Of Unoma Azuah's "Sky-High Flames"

Dying Stars...A Review

An Excerpt from Richard Ugbede Ali's The Ravages Of Dust

Love Is A Knife! – An Excerpt From A Novel By Omale Allen Abdul-Jabbar

Zahrah the Windseeker – An Excerpt from the Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu Novel

The Tree – An Excerpt from a Novel by Chidi Jas Onyia

Policing the Police - An Excerpt by Segun Akinyode

Everything Good Will Come - (an excerpt)

How The Weather in Dubai Changed the Climate in Ikerre-Oti

Valley Of Decision - A Book Excerpt by Hyacinth Obunseh

Bombed Out: A Biafran Childhood - By Obiwu

My Childhood Nightmare - By Ike Okonta

Towards the Demolition of Jericho Walls: The Task Before the Writer in a Developing Polity

Social Cause, Consequence and Commitment in African Fiction: A Focus on Meja Mwangi's 'Kill Me Quick'

Inner Death: A Poet's Destructive Stress

Man, Universe And Drama - An Essay By Omale Allen Abdul Jabbar

Carlos Izzia Ahmad: The Man And His Poetry - An Essay by Omale Allen Abdul-Jabbar

Our Art, Our Democracy: The Review Of Nigeria's Cultural Sector

Writers Extending Literary Frontiers

Developing African publishing for the world market: Authors' perspective

Female representation in Nigerian literature - An Essay by Razinat Muhammed

In Defense of Simplicity of Language in Nigerian Narratives

Beyond Social Commitment, Meaning and Audience: Towards the Soyinkanisation of Nigerian Literature

The Yahoo Generation And The Triple Tropes Of Sleaze

Lagos and a Life of the Poets

The Younger Generation Of Contemporary Nigerian Poetry - Which Way?

Literary Language and Recent Nigerian Fiction

The Failings Of Contemporary Nigerian Poetry

Profiles & Interviews

The West Is The Giver And Taker Of Literary Life – Chinedu Ogoke

Some Things Just Cannot Wait…Helon Habila Discusses Measuring Time With Ike Anya

I Write Because I Care For People - Uzodinma Iweala

Those Who Propound 'African Literature' Can't Explain It - Helon Habila

I Would Rather Shun Self-Publishing - Amatoritsero Ede

A Daughter's Burden: Obiageli Ibrahimat Okigbo And The Christopher Okigbo Legacy

A Season Of The Great Lake - an Interview with Mukoma wa Ngugi

I'm doing things that appeal to me - Interview with Hyacinth Obunseh

I Was Born A Feminist ? Bunmi Oyinsan

The role of any writer is to write - The Tolulope Ogunlesi Interview

"I Regret Nigeria Has Given Me Nothing But Insistent Pain From Childhood" - Obiwu

Awards Do Not Make Good Writers - Chris Abani

Naming the Unnameable: A Memorial For Ebereonwu

A Witness to these Times...The Akin Adesokan Interview

Why I write in the dead of night ? Ogaga Ifowodo

Images that Linger, Words that Bite

E B E R E O N W U!

Idzia Ahmad: A Meteor, a Vagrant Arab

My Book Is A Product Of Frustration - Odili Ujubuonu

I Am Not On Exile, I Am A Writer Away From Home - Ogaga Ifowodo

Why I Perform My Poems - Akeem Lasisi

Niyi Osundare At 60

I Want To Be Part Of The Nigerian Literary Community - Ken Wiwa

My Generation Better Than Those Before Us - Toni Kan Onwordi

Pius Adesanmi: On A Re-Branding Mission Overseas

"I'd love to see more Africans writing about Africa" - Segun Afolabi

In the Footsteps of Achebe: Enter Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Title Of My Book Is The Opposite Of "Things Fall Apart"

Sefi Atta: Something Good Comes to Nigerian literature

Untitled - An Excerpt by Mkhu Mpofu

"Mom, when will I stop learning" - An Excerpt from a Kelvin Keshi Novel

Daisy Died of AIDS - Excerpt from a Novel by Tambu Kahari

The Aireginan Dream - An Excerpt by Dupe Olorunjo

Splendid! - An Excerpt by Mobolaji Adenubi

In My Father's House

Dancilla In Rwanda - A Short Play by Gbubemi Amas Amanoritsewor

One or the Other - An Article by Sefi Atta

Serendipity - An Essay by Oscar Mubila

In Praise of Chimamanda Adichie's 2007 Orange Prize

Niyi Osundare's Tender Moments in the UK

Death Of A Patriot - Creative Non-Fiction by A. Igoni Barrett

Writer's Lamentation

Imagine That! Visions Of The World In The New Millennium (1)

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