Thursday, September 19, 2024

CREATIVE NONFICTION

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

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

How to Dispose of Good Shoes in Africa: Non-fiction by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor

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The shoes on my feet have seen three generations...

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...

Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile

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

Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease

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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...

Dismas Okombo | Home

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for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...

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....

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

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KEN Bornale Wiwa sits behind his glass topped, forged...

Nnedi Okorafor: I just have stories to tell…

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Nnedi Okorafor is an important writer, period. She is...

“I’d love to see more Africans writing about Africa” – Segun Afolabi

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Segun Afolabi is the winner of the 2005 Caine...

Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM

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

Blank Spaces: Poetry by Chukwuemeka Akachi

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BLANK SPACES We all have excuses for wearing bags of...

Abigail George | The selected letters of a poet

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The selected letters of a poet The hurt has turned...

Othuke Isaac Umukoro: Small Things

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Small things She stands by the window; an unripe metaphor, looking into...

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