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AFRICAN WRITER
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Fiction
Adewuyi Taiwo | This Country Eats Dreams
Adewuyi Taiwo
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Fiction
Uchechukwu J. Oputa | The Fifth Stage
Uchechukwu J. Oputa
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DIACRITIQUE
Love Is Not Found At Bus Stops: Fiction by Edwige-Renée Dro
December 28, 2013
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Charlotte weaved in and out of the crowd, the...
Baby: Fiction by Chukwuemeka Nwagu
May 9, 2016
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The flame in the small lantern sitting on the...
No More Wars to Win: Fiction by Abenea Ndago
June 21, 2015
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Even the elderly villagers in Odiya could not tell...
Tolu Akinwole | Death “Bi Yi” Proud, Or Questions about Nollywood’s Portrayal of Social Tragedy
The title of this essay, “Death Bi Yi Proud,”...
A Review of Ben Ige’s The Teacher’s Blood
October 1, 2014
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Book: The Teacher's Blood Author: Ben Ige Reviewer: Wande Ijaluwoye The Teacher's...
A Review of Charles Akinsete’s ‘Do Not Preach To Me!’
July 30, 2018
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Title of Book: Do Not Preach To Me! Author: Charles...
To Hell with Creative Writing; or, Politics: an Alternative Amusement
June 29, 2009
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“To be a writer is to acknowledge the secret...
John Ebute | Penance
Fiction
John Ebute
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Abigail George | The Entrance of Humanity into History
Fiction
Abigail George
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Hanna Haile | The Ancient on Your Tongue
Fiction
Hanna Haile
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PLAY
Interview with Hafsatu Ahmed Abdulwahid
October 25, 2008
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ADAMU: Could we hear a brief about your life? ABDULWAHID:...
Why I write in the dead of night – Ogaga Ifowodo
May 6, 2007
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Like most prominent writers, Ogaga Ifowodo started his writing...
Victor Ehikhamenor: Confronting an Empty Canvas
September 10, 2013
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My muse is like the shell to its tortoise, we go everywhere together. But she is more active while I am in Nigeria...
Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!
…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note There is a...
Redemption Afar: Poems by Wafula p’Khisa
October 15, 2015
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Redemption Afar Those who sent their men to war Still wait,...
You Will Never Grow Old: Poems by Abigail George
August 22, 2016
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YOU WILL NEVER GROW OLD (For my parents) In childhood there...
Photographs: Poetry by Abigail George
August 8, 2017
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PHOTOGRAPHS (For my mother and my father) I pretend I do...
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...
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
May 31, 2024
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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...
Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings
She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...
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...
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...
RANDOM FLASHBACK
(CLOSED) Call For Entries: ANA Literary Prizes 2015
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Through The Eyes of an Angel: A Short Story by Abigail George
Fiction
Abigail George
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Missing a Thing of Beauty: Poems by Abigail George
Poetry
Abigail George
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