Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Keketso Mashigo: The Ghosts of Sofina

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Page 1 of 2 Greater love has no one than...

Daisy Died of AIDS: Excerpt from a Novel by Tambu Kahari

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Daisy died of AIDS. She died a week after...

Mark Da Costa: Gardening in the New South Africa

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I stood at the gate, gazing up the road....

Sanya Osha’s Southern Tip of Africa

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A Review of An Underground Colony of Summer Bees,...

The Eyes: By Seotsa ‘Soh’ Manyeli

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I see the eyes looking through the darkness, only...

Impossible Death of Lance Spearman & African Film

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Children of today do not know anything about the...

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Chijioke Amu-Nnadi: We have authorship, not authority, over what we write

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“Art comes to us because we are, essentially, fragile...

Chimamanda All Over

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In my book Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the quintessential...

Recalling the Iconic Exit of Chinua Achebe

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Chinua Achebe died at exactly 11:51pm (US time). That...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

The Tragedy of Loss: Two Poems by Temitope Atunrase

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THE TRAGEDY OF LOSS "I smell loss on your skin The...

Queen of all Flowers: Poetry by Agnes Aineah

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Queen of all Flowers Queen of all flowers thriving amid...

When I am Dead and Gone: Poems by Jekwu Ikeme

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WHEN I AM DEAD AND GONE …..I shall not sleep...

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Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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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

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

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

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