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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
Thursday, October 24, 2024
AFRICAN WRITER
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AFRICAN WRITER
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FICTION
Malkia Charlee | Tara Diddle
Fiction
Malkia Charlee
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“Easter, Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid—all absolute rubbish.” “How so?” “Consumerist gavage. Group presentation of our buttery wallets in obsessive...
Felix Otieno | I Write This As If I Am Not African
Fiction
Felix Otieno
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This man Lewis called me on the twenty fifth asking if i would fight for him. The bedside phone...
Princewill Ibe | Isale Eko
Fiction
Princewill Ibe
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Dear Abdullah, How quickly time has passed! Days have morphed into weeks, weeks into months, and now years since the...
Itseme Akede | I Cry Only At Night
Fiction
Itseme Akede
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I was never like the rest of them. Not even at the times I tried my hardest, and I...
Mike Paterson-Jones | The Scar
Fiction
Mike Paterson-Jones
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It started in a small bare cement-walled room somewhere in the bowels of the city police station. There were...
Daniel Joe | Mummy’s Pet
Fiction
Daniel Joe
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One could begin with the small potholes that made his ass and scrotum hurt like hell, or the big...
Fiction
Kiraka D. Mugatsia | Still Waters
The hill was swathed with green foliage from the towering Eucalyptus, the drooping Mexican Pine, Omuyeye, and the Cypress, with the colorful grevillea, Nandi Flame, and Msunzu adding some vibrancy. In between these colors...
Kiraka D. Mugatsia
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POETRY
Josiane Kouagheu | dreams to bury
Marial Awendit | The Inquisition
Abigail George | Gardens of the Sun
LAST MONTH...
Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Poetry
Justin Demmitt
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
Non Fiction
Lawrence Winkler
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Poetry
Sosy Imafidon
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
Plays
Kosoluchi Agboanike
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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT
Maik Nwosu
Ballad of the Peace-Keeper: Poems by Maik Nwosu
Poetry
Maik Nwosu
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In America: A Short Story by Maik Nwosu
Fiction
Maik Nwosu
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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT
Marvel Chukwudi Pephel
Moonscape: A Poem by Marvel Chukwudi Pephel
Poetry
Something Tells Me I Should Run: Two Poems by Marvel Chukwudi Pephel
Poetry
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT
Obiwu Iwuanyanwu
Bombed Out: A Biafran Childhood – By Obiwu
Fiction
“I Regret Nigeria Has Given Me Nothing But Insistent Pain From Childhood” – Obiwu
People