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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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
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...
How to Dispose of Good Shoes in Africa: Non-fiction by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor
November 19, 2017
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The shoes on my feet have seen three generations...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
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"We only live once. We only die once. How...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Ritah Tumushabe | Sacred Threads: A Personal Journey of Faith and Loss
July 31, 2023
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Today, I have decided to retire my rosary. This...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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PLAY
Awards Do Not Make Good Writers – Chris Abani
May 21, 2007
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Writers, at one point or the other, have had...
Pius Adesanmi: On A Re-Branding Mission Overseas
February 15, 2007
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A young Nigerian lecturer in a Canadian university explains...
A Witness to these Times…The Akin Adesokan Interview
May 6, 2007
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His voice floats through the waves, slides smoothly into...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
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...
Holiday Snaps: Poems by Denrele Ogunwa
June 11, 2005
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Flesh Flesh is like dough. Knead it. Let it yield beneath your fingers....
Inyanga: Poetry by Ugochukwu Damian Okpara
December 31, 2018
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inyanga at three silence grows like wildfire in places words should have been mother...
Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Joshua Idowu Omidire | Colours of home
Poetry
Joshua Idowu Omidire
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Servio Gbadamosi’s ‘A Tributary in Servitude’: A Review by Olumide Ayodele
Essays & Reviews
Olumide Ayodele
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Why Imprisonment of Writers Contributed Most to African Literature
Essays & Reviews
Alexander K. Opicho
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LAST MONTH...
Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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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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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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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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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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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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