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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
Saturday, July 27, 2024
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
Solomon’s Lust: Fiction by Emmanuel Nwafor
April 24, 2016
4
The room was dimly lit when I walked in...
Elizabeth: Fiction by Chesi Lumasia
August 31, 2018
1
I cross over to the Odeon cinema stage to...
Waiting for the End: Speculative Fiction by Wesley Macheso
March 31, 2017
5
Miko Mende was used to seeing people succumb to...
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 Niger Delta and the Lost Promise of Outrage
December 5, 2009
5
Once upon a time in the Niger Delta, the...
Reviving a Reading Culture in Nigeria’s Youth
November 1, 2009
3
An associate of mine, who through his sundry labours,...
Abubakar Gimba: A Conference of Moral Eulogy
November 22, 2015
0
The function of literature as a tool for religious,...
Abigail George | The Entrance of Humanity into History
Fiction
Abigail George
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John Ebute | Penance
Fiction
John Ebute
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Hanna Haile | The Ancient on Your Tongue
Fiction
Hanna Haile
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PLAY
The Mystique of Maxim
December 22, 2020
3
(for Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, Boroja I, Obi of Ikate,...
Interview with Ainehi Edoro, Founder of BrittlePaper.com
February 17, 2015
5
Webmasters, bloggers and editors of literary websites are usually...
Ali Znaidi: A poem is a kind of selfie captured in words
May 30, 2016
0
Ali Znaidi is a widely anthologised writer. A Tunisian...
Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!
…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note There is a...
Lovers in Gwoza: Two Poems by Titilayo Adeoye
October 4, 2016
18
LOVERS IN GWOZA timidly shaking as legs find air from...
Once Upon a Time with a Bird: Poems by Toyin Bakare
July 26, 2016
1
ONCE UPON A TIME WITH A BIRD Once upon a...
Okolo Chinua: The Spots on my Front Door
June 30, 2020
4
THE SPOTS ON MY FRONT DOOR Walking towards home is...
LAST MONTH ...
Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings
May 31, 2024
0
She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...
Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre
May 31, 2024
10
IDANRE Woman you are sad!‘Tis the same with me.—Ralph Armattoe. I.My...
Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears
May 31, 2024
0
This is what happens to my tears and the...
Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand
I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...
Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires
May 31, 2024
1
FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
3
It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation
May 31, 2024
0
Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...
RANDOM FLASHBACK
Trumpet & Flower: A Short Story by Emma’ Iduma
Fiction
Emmanuel Iduma
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Nceba Maqanda: I Receive, Papa
Fiction
Nceba Maqanda
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God’s Rotten Eggs: Flash Fiction by Ifeanyi Nwakpoke
Fiction
Ifeanyi Nwakpoke
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