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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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John Ebute | Penance
John Ebute
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Fiction
Adewuyi Taiwo | This Country Eats Dreams
Adewuyi Taiwo
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DIACRITIQUE
The Trash-Can Pilgrims: Fiction by Chika Unigwe
January 12, 2003
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(An excerpt) The people of Uwani had always emptied their...
Patrick Makondo | Dead Cow Tails
March 31, 2023
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As he started for the medicine man's village, Bonyo...
Waiting For My Shot at the Big Time: Fiction by Abigail George
December 5, 2009
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I am the ultimate comeback kid. I have made...
Tolu Akinwole | Death “Bi Yi” Proud, Or Questions about Nollywood’s Portrayal of Social Tragedy
The title of this essay, “Death Bi Yi Proud,”...
The Hidden Life of the African Feminist
October 1, 2014
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Gethsemane was not monster-proofed as is the perspective of...
Forget this Place of Weeping: Experimental Prose by Abigail George
February 29, 2016
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Pale feminist you. Bliss in a vintage dress. Under...
Soundbender: Music, Mathematics, and Poetry Fused
February 1, 2016
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Artiste: Beautiful Nubia Album: Soundbender Record label: ẸniỌbańkẹ́ Music and Publishing Number...
Abigail George | The Entrance of Humanity into History
Fiction
Abigail George
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Uchechukwu J. Oputa | The Fifth Stage
Fiction
Uchechukwu J. Oputa
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Hanna Haile | The Ancient on Your Tongue
Fiction
Hanna Haile
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PLAY
Abigail George: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer
October 4, 2013
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I don’t want to be cool and for a long time I was experimenting with different voices in my writing. It took me a long time to realise I just had to be myself, comfortable with who I was. I don’t want to be popular. I don’t know how to be cool...
Iquo Eke: Deconstructing Preconceived Notions – An Interview
December 27, 2013
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"Poetry for me is release…a means to deconstructing preconceived...
Uwem Akpan: On Bullets, Bestsellers and Bedbugs
April 30, 2022
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Uwem Akpan In conversation with Sola Osofisan. In 2008, Uwem...
Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!
…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note There is a...
A Community of Strangers: Poems by Abayomi Ogunniyi
July 11, 2016
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A COMMUNITY OF STRANGERS I am sent to serve in...
Dare Tunmise: Dead Flowers
February 28, 2019
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DEAD FLOWERS I'm a sad boy living in a sad...
A Walk In The Sky: Poems by Fr. Remi Okere
April 30, 2008
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LAKE MICHIGAN You lighten me up As I watch you Dance with...
LAST MONTH ...
Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre
May 31, 2024
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IDANRE Woman you are sad!‘Tis the same with me.—Ralph Armattoe. I.My...
Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires
May 31, 2024
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FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...
Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation
May 31, 2024
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Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...
Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand
I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears
May 31, 2024
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This is what happens to my tears and the...
Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings
May 31, 2024
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She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...
RANDOM FLASHBACK
The Aireginan Dream: An Excerpt by Dupe Olorunjo
Fiction
Dupe Olorunjo
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The Tale of a Country I Love – by Wairimu Wanjiru
Essays & Reviews
Wairimu Wanjiru
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A Lifetime Of Happiness: by Seotsa ‘Soh’ Manyeli
Essays & Reviews
Seotsa 'Soh' Manyeli
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