Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Deborah Amarachi Nwaeze: Ode to your Golden Skin

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Oyibo pepper, if you see my pepper, you go...

Love and the Man: A Short Story by Elnathan John

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Darkness silently suffused the dreary room. The bed sheet...

Nzube Nlebedim: President of Africa (A very short story)

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I was born five years before the death of...

Naming the Unnameable: A Memorial For Ebereonwu

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The story of Ebereonwu who was born as Paul...

Inside the Caves of Rotten Teeth – A Review by Ivor W. Hartmann

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From first to last, each one of Barrett’s short...

The Uncommon Joy of a Shared Interest in Books

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By Way of Introduction My admission to the University of...

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Akeem Lasisi: Why I Perform My Poems

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Akeem Lasisi, poet, journalist, and double winner of the...

Sanya Osha: Doing Violence to the Idea of the Novel

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

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu: The Legend of Ben Tomoloju

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The arts scene of Lagos, nay Nigeria, owes a...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note  There is a...

‘How they kill am?’ – Poems by Charlina Daitouah

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The Ballad of Madness: How Dey Kill Am? (Excerpted from...

Definition: Poems by Mtendere Alice Kishindo

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i.    The Old Man and I The wind blew hard, Cars...

Africa, After Mandela: Poems by Kunle Shittu

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AFRICA, AFTER MANDELA I before the very eyes of prized clowns who...

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Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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IDANRE Woman you are sad!‘Tis the same with me.—Ralph Armattoe. I.My...

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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   Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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This is what happens to my tears and the...

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...

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