Saturday, July 27, 2024

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The Statue: A Short Story by Wanangwa Zondani Mtawali

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The statue of Dr Genge Kakhuta in the Capital...

The Pressure Cooker: Fiction by Deleteh Bank

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“What would you like to be when you grow...

‘Window 8’: A day at Walter Carrington – A Short Story by Eghosa Imasuen

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# I woke up that Thursday morning especially grouchy. I...

The Activist Dies in Tanure Ojaide’s Dreams

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So the other day, my friend Okwy Okeke called...

THE Ungrammaticality oF poETRY

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Have you ever recited or read a poem that...

That Chinua Achebe May Not Go On Trial…

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Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka are surrogate fathers that...

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Sandra A. Mushi: The Survival of Women is Still at the Mercy of Men

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Sandra A. Mushi is an interior architect, poet 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...

Iquo Eke: Deconstructing Preconceived Notions – An Interview

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"Poetry for me is release…a means to deconstructing preconceived...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note  There is a...

Wanderlust: Poetry by David Okafor

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WANDERLUST (after a boy who once upon a time gifted...

Fumes and Flares: Poems by Uche Peter Umez

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Aftermath after all the seismic emotions ruptured geophysics my land remains a...

Joel Oyeleke | Mercy Lit Out of Darkness

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MERCY LIT OUT OF DARKNESS ‘I barely have the balls...

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Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

   Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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This is what happens to my tears and the...

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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IDANRE Woman you are sad!‘Tis the same with me.—Ralph Armattoe. I.My...

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...

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