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trapped

Fiction

Mohamed Mahou | Beyond Reproach

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living

Fiction

B. Ańjọláolúwa | The Art of Living

B. Ańjọláolúwa

16 Min Read

River Spirit

Features & Reviews

Rewriting Sudan in Leila Aboulela’s Novel ‘River Spirit’

Amany Abdelrazek-Alsiefy

7 Min Read

African Burial Ground National Monument

Features & Reviews

A Trip To The African Burial Ground National Monument

Paul R. Paradise

11 Min Read

august rain

Poetry

Mubarak Said | The August Rain

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king and pawns

Poetry

Hayley Gibbons | Awakened

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bipolar

Poetry

Abigail George | Rebirth

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bus stop

Poetry

Nket Godwin | Bus Stop Religion

2 Min Read

incense

Non Fiction

Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance

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mental hospital

Abigail George | The Mental Hospital

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Dead again

James Onyebuchi Nnaji | When I am Dead Again

James Onyebuchi Nnaji

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new town

Marial Awendit | Chronology in a New Town

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dirt

Fiction

Andrea Zanin | Dirt

night crawler

Fiction

Joel Oputa | Night Crawlers

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Poetry

Remake Africa: Poems by Dela Bobobee

June 19, 2009

Features & Reviews

A Review of Sanya Osha’s ‘Naked Light and the Blind Eye’

March 26, 2011

Poetry

Profane Thoughts: Poems by Anele Mkhwananzi

December 6, 2013

Poetry

A Lifetime Under the African Sky: A Poem by Carol Basudde

May 2, 2008

People

Nuzo Onoh: Terrified of Planes, Heights, Oceans, Thunder, Roaches…

August 17, 2015

Poetry

Akinwale Peace Akindayo: there is no colour for pain

August 31, 2019

Poetry

Africa, After Mandela: Poems by Kunle Shittu

December 11, 2013

Poetry

Joshua Idowu Omidire | Colours of home

June 30, 2023

Poetry

Can’t You See? Poems by Segun Akinlolu (Beautiful Nubia)

May 5, 2007

Poetry

When Fame finds you: Poems by Asudemade Habeebullah

May 6, 2018

Poetry

Hausa Love Poems: Written & translated by Ismail Bala

August 24, 2009

DiaCritique

Teaching “Third World” Literature in the American Classroom: Reflections of a Graduate Instructor

September 30, 2021

Poetry

The Power of Truth: Poems by Fr. Remi Okere

June 19, 2009

Fiction

Bubble World: Fiction by Edosio Okeoghene

July 31, 2018

Features & Reviews

Revolt of the Ghost Players: A Review of ‘A Play of Ghosts’

August 22, 2016

Fiction

Ishola Abdulwasiu Ayodele: A Gallery of Gales

June 27, 2019