Saturday, July 27, 2024

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The Ship Anchored In My Dream: A Short Story by Angela Amalonye Nwosu

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Everybody was running toward the sea. People ran in...

Bill Got a Visitor: Fiction by Augustine Malizu

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Bill woke up to the incoherent chirping of crickets...

We Have Decided to Help: A Short Story by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

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It was one of those nights, when the approaching...

Reconstructing Africa: Can Writers Take Sides in Ideological Conflicts?

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The question over whether writers should take sides in...

On This Year’s African Booker

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It was a good thing the Caine Prize people...

Literary Voices Alike: Maiwada, Ogezi, and Okenyodo

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

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Gender in African Literature Today: A Conversation with Asante Lucy Mtenje

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Asante Lucy Mtenje is a Malawian academic, creative writer,...

Interview with Ainehi Edoro, Founder of BrittlePaper.com

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Webmasters, bloggers and editors of literary websites are usually...

Reading Culture and the Government in Kenya: A Publisher’s View

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Stakeholders in the book industry are agreed that Kenya...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Dirge at Dawn: Poems by Senator Ihenyen

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MEMORIES I cry in the rain as memories of you rise in the rainbow painting smiles in the...

Holiday Snaps: Poems by Denrele Ogunwa

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Flesh Flesh is like dough. Knead it. Let it yield beneath your fingers....

Mortal Thoughts: Poems by Sean Adetula

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When I Die Eventually I will die, count on it,...

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Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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   Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

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...

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

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This is what happens to my tears and the...

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