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AFRICAN WRITER
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Fiction
Adewuyi Taiwo | This Country Eats Dreams
Adewuyi Taiwo
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Fiction
John Ebute | Penance
John Ebute
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DIACRITIQUE
Nelson C. J.: Some
June 27, 2019
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"They just stopped saying I love you at the...
Thus Sayeth the Lord: Fiction by David Okafor
June 10, 2018
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Oh God, You know my foolishness. For your sake I...
Jarumi: A Story by Nnamdi Uzuegbu
July 26, 2016
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Yakubu watched with keen interest as Baba slowly poured...
Tolu Akinwole | Death “Bi Yi” Proud, Or Questions about Nollywood’s Portrayal of Social Tragedy
The title of this essay, “Death Bi Yi Proud,”...
Look left…look right…all clear, now go for it!
October 10, 2017
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What I am about to tell you must never...
Road Trip: Thoughts of Homeland
March 17, 2009
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Blustery. “It’s a road trip,” Hugh says, in his characteristic...
The Search for Political Correctness in Obinna Udenwe’s ‘Satans and Shaitans’
September 5, 2017
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Obinna Udenwe’s Satans and Shaitans burns the thin line...
Hanna Haile | The Ancient on Your Tongue
Fiction
Hanna Haile
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Uchechukwu J. Oputa | The Fifth Stage
Fiction
Uchechukwu J. Oputa
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Abigail George | The Entrance of Humanity into History
Fiction
Abigail George
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PLAY
My Book Is A Product Of Frustration – Odili Ujubuonu
May 4, 2007
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Odili Ujubuonu, winner of this year's ANA/JACARANDA Prize for...
“The artist is a person at a crossroads” – Francis B. Nyamnjoh
December 14, 2021
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Cameroonian Scholar Francis B. Nyamnjoh on Art, Academia, indebtedness,...
Images that Linger, Words that Bite
May 6, 2007
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And now the horn may paw the air, Howling goodbye. -...
Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!
…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note There is a...
Abstract and Muse: Poetry by Precious Okpechi
April 1, 2018
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ABSTRACT AND MUSE in my line of sight i see molds...
Petals of Purple Roses: Poems by Ebenezer Adaramodu Zerry
August 8, 2017
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PETALS OF PURPLE ROSES It's raining here in Jos, she...
Praise Osawaru: I Remember It Like Yesterday Because It Was
April 30, 2020
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I REMEMBER IT LIKE YESTERDAY BECAUSE IT WAS i remember...
LAST MONTH ...
Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation
May 31, 2024
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Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...
Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand
May 31, 2024
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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...
Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre
May 31, 2024
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IDANRE Woman you are sad!‘Tis the same with me.—Ralph Armattoe. I.My...
Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears
This is what happens to my tears and the...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings
May 31, 2024
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She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...
Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires
May 31, 2024
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FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...
RANDOM FLASHBACK
Poems, Excitable Pursuit and the Company of Words
Poetry
Abigail George
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African Writer Magazine Special Issue #1: Catharsis
Specials
African Writer Magazine
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Kabu Okai-Davies: Expatriate of the Imagination, Emigrant of Dreams
People
Sola Osofisan
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