Wednesday, September 18, 2024

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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....

Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile

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

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...

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi

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I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...

Ritah Tumushabe | Sacred Threads: A Personal Journey of Faith and Loss

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Today, I have decided to retire my rosary. This...

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Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún: Renaissance is Badly Needed in African Language Literature

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36-year-old Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún is a poet, blogger, linguist and...

Chinedu Ogoke: The West is the Giver and Taker of Literary Life

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                              --------------------------------------------------------------- When we talked in September 2003, after the...

A Paean to the Son of Idoto: My Thoughts about Christopher Okigbo

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I might as well admit it at the beginning:...

Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM

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

Crows in Snow: Poems by E.J. Simeon

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CROWS IN SNOW Crows soaring over a snowfield. Their wings black...

Pain at Midnight: Poems by Abigail George

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Captive So our rift grows Deeper, widens like the curves Of the...

For a Parting: Poems by Philips Chidumebi

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FOR A PARTING (A SOLDIER’S MEDLEY) When dawn girdles with...

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