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AFRICAN WRITER
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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Poetry
Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
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"We only live once. We only die once. How...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
Sybil Fekurumoh | Tomorrow For My Worth, Today For Children
April 29, 2023
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The audience is witnessing a moment in a support...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Death of a Patriot: Creative Non-Fiction by A. Igoni Barrett
May 16, 2007
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Make you no go anywhere/Jus’ e wait dere make...
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
The Economy of Loss: Creative non-fiction by Dami Ajayi
September 11, 2009
2
There’s been a death in the family. You can...
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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PLAY
Toni Kan Onwordi: Writing is profitable if you know how
November 22, 2015
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Toni Kan Onwordi, better known simply as Toni Kan,...
Ikhide Ikheloa: Analog Origins, Digital Destinations
March 2, 2014
1
Sola Osofisan interviews Ikhide Ikheloa, a book interrogator, blogger...
Kabu Okai-Davies: Expatriate of the Imagination, Emigrant of Dreams
December 13, 2014
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Sola Osofisan interviews Kabu Okai-Davies, Australia-based Ghanaian poet, playwright,...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
What the Witchdoctors Say | Poems by Konye Obaji Ori
July 18, 2009
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Secret of the Sun Raised by the bare bones of...
Sobriety: Poems by Collins Okpala
March 28, 2016
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SOBRIETY Sobriety beckons like a stranger; It feeds the heart with...
Ifeoluwa Ayandele: For Boys on the Staircase of Heaven
February 29, 2020
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For Boys on the Staircase of Heaven These are for...
Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Rapture: Two Poems by Abayomi Ogunniyi
Poetry
Abayomi Ogunniyi
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On Black Sisters’ Street – A Review by Ikhide R. Ikheloa
Essays & Reviews
Ikhide R. Ikheloa (Nnamdi)
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Fumes and Flares: Poems by Uche Peter Umez
Poetry
Uche Peter Umez
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LAST MONTH...
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
John Edward Ellis
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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