Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Battle Against Vulnerability: A Short Story by Emmanuel Onyedi Wingate

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I was in great confusion. What could this mean?...

Till Death: A Short Story by Eghosa Imasuen

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Till Death He stood in the doorway. Out of the...

The Bedroom Window: A Short Story by Shola Asante

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Sade perched on the edge of her bed, nursing...

Drum Beats for Nduka Otiono in the Delta

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  The literary environment in Asaba, the capital city of...

A Pygmy Caged in a Zoo – A review of ‘Spectacle, The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga’

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A PYGMY CAGED IN A ZOO – A review...

Mourning Gunter Wilhelm Grass, Author of ‘The Tin Drum’

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I have been reading The Tin Drum since December...

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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...

I Want To Be Part Of The Nigerian Literary Community – Ken Wiwa

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KEN Bornale Wiwa sits behind his glass topped, forged...

Gender in African Literature Today: A Conversation with Asante Lucy Mtenje

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Asante Lucy Mtenje is a Malawian academic, creative writer,...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Vincent Chimobi Okonkwo | A Gift of Loneliness

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A Gift of Loneliness You wake up at the foot...

Abiodun Salako: After the Demise of a Certain Venus

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AFTER THE DEMISE OF A CERTAIN VENUS & today you...

Here is my Soul: Poetry by Takondwa Hauya

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HERE IS MY SOUL Here’s the Agitated room of my...

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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...

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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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...

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