Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Ike Okonta: Kafka in Little Bassa

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"They were coming out now. The rats were the...

Judgement Revoked: Fiction by Sandra Heteckery-Gudza

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Today was the day. They had all assembled like vultures...

Ugochukwu Anadị | A Widow’s Happiness Is Her Daughters

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It was another evening after work and Mama Nkechi...

The Tale of a Country I Love – by Wairimu Wanjiru

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“I love you so much, but if you ever...

Bones of Bulawayo Rattle: By Nigel Mabiza

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Metaphoric orations from concrete metropolis buildings have left me...

Literary Voices Alike: Maiwada, Ogezi, and Okenyodo

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- Maiwada, Ahmed. Musdoki. Abuja: Mazariyya Books, 2010. - Ogezi,...

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Nnedi Okorafor: I just have stories to tell…

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Nnedi Okorafor is an important writer, period. She is...

Bunmi Oyinsan: I Was Born A Feminist

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On Thursday 17 August, 2006, Bunmi Oyinsan, Canada-based Nigerian...

Images that Linger, Words that Bite

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  And now the horn may paw the air, Howling goodbye. -...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

The Curse Songs of Stone: Poems by JKS Makokha

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SONNETS I: ON A BEACH IN BERBERA In Berbera on sunny...

Ohikhuare Isuku: Let’s Keep a Tryst

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LET US KEEP A TRYST Let’s keep a tryst beyond where...

For my Beauty and my Love: Poems by Dinachi Ikenna Dike

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FOR MY BEAUTY AND MY LOVE The spread of your...

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Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

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...

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

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