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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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John Ebute | Penance
John Ebute
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Fiction
Abigail George | The Entrance of Humanity into History
Abigail George
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DIACRITIQUE
Borrowed Smile: A Short Story by Chika Unigwe
May 21, 2005
10
It is not possible to describe it if you...
The Highway Motel: A Short Story by Atuhairwe Agrace Mugizi
June 27, 2016
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They ran over a tree trunk. Halted, a little....
The Last Messenger: A Short Story by Anietie Isong
July 2, 2007
2
They called him The Last Messenger. His predictions had...
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 Sanya Osha’s ‘Dust, Spittle and Wind’
February 1, 2013
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I was talking to Katleho Shoro from the Anthropology...
The Citizen Television Team was Unprepared for that Ngugi wa Thiong’o Interview
June 3, 2015
3
The Citizen Television Cheche team was not prepared to...
The African Writer in the Post Decolonization Era
November 14, 2016
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It would take many years to forget the fact...
Uchechukwu J. Oputa | The Fifth Stage
Fiction
Uchechukwu J. Oputa
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Adewuyi Taiwo | This Country Eats Dreams
Fiction
Adewuyi Taiwo
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Hanna Haile | The Ancient on Your Tongue
Fiction
Hanna Haile
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PLAY
Okey Ndibe: A Book Reading Should be a Celebration
April 1, 2014
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Image: Sola OsofisanSola Osofisan interviews author and widely syndicated...
Some Things Just Cannot Wait…Helon Habila Discusses Measuring Time With Ike Anya
January 31, 2008
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Q: Congratulations on the publication of Measuring Time and...
Niyi Osundare At 60
May 3, 2007
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Recently, Professor Niyi Osundare, poet, scholar, essayist, humanist and...
Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!
…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note There is a...
‘With no Picture but you: Poems by Wazani Adamu Ijarafu
October 11, 2017
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'WITH NO PICTURE BUT YOU You're the canvas upon which...
Blank Spaces: Poetry by Chukwuemeka Akachi
April 2, 2018
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BLANK SPACES We all have excuses for wearing bags of...
African Stories: Poems by Adeola Ikuomola
December 7, 2014
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AFRICAN STORIES I always like to tell African stories Under the...
LAST MONTH ...
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...
Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings
May 31, 2024
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She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...
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
I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...
Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires
May 31, 2024
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FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre
May 31, 2024
10
IDANRE Woman you are sad!‘Tis the same with me.—Ralph Armattoe. I.My...
RANDOM FLASHBACK
Cynicism Against Women Writers in Kenya is a ‘Single Story Catastrophe’
Essays & Reviews
Alexander K. Opicho
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Green Eyes: A Short Story by ‘Namdi Awa-Kalu
Fiction
'Namdi Awa-Kalu
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The Week I Almost Saved Jesus: Fiction by Ciru Israel
Fiction
Ciru Israel
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