Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Omobola Osamor: I Chose You

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Cloaked in water. Bathed in blood. Dark and warm was our...

Ugochukwu Anadị | A Widow’s Happiness Is Her Daughters

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

The Hand of the Sea: Fiction by Kabu Okai-Davies

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At first it was a whisper. Then tears started...

A World full of Characters: Kabu Okai-Davies at the 2016 Bookworm Literary Festival

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In March 2016, I participated in the tenth annual...

Reflections on Echezonachukwu Nduka’s ‘Waterman’

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#QUICKREADS Reflections on Echezonachukwu Nduka’s Waterman (Griots Lounge Publishing, 2020; ISBN...

Bloody Civilians: A Review of Debayo Adelaja-Olowo-Ake’s ‘Combat Zulu’

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Title: Combat Zulu Pages: 127 Price:  $5.35 (online purchase) Author: Debayo Adelaja-Olowo-Ake Publishers:...

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Awards Do Not Make Good Writers – Chris Abani

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Writers, at one point or the other, have had...

Ikeogu Oke: Meaning and Felicity of Expression in Perfect Fusion

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Uche Peter Umez interviews Ikeogu Oke, a writer, poet and journalist....

Those Who Propound ‘African Literature’ Can’t Explain It – Helon Habila

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As a child growing up, Helon Habila’s father wanted...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Mothers of Sorrow: Poems by Akeem Oyalowo

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HE LEFT CLUTCHING the ear that hears will run and hide the...

Immortality: Poetry by Abalanne Xafulo Ugochukwu

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Immortality I intercepted a letter from hell sent by an angel...

Emmanuel Ojeikhodion: Death lives inside you

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Death lives inside you Father is a colony of bees...

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Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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...

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

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