Wednesday, September 18, 2024

CREATIVE NONFICTION

An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi

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I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...

Rumbie Mugadza | No!

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“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...

How to Dispose of Good Shoes in Africa: Non-fiction by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor

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The shoes on my feet have seen three generations...

Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile

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Lips are Dark for a Reason: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi

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My lips are dark. Pitch-dark. Black-charcoal dark. Moonless-night dark....

Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease

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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...

Michelle Chepchumba: When Your Life Means Nothing

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It is past midnight. Maybe 1:00 am, maybe 2:00....

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“My repression is as legitimate as your freedom”: A Conversation with Yẹ́misí Aríbisálà

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Yẹ́misí Aríbisálà, formerly Yẹ́misí Ogbe, is a food memoirist...

Violet Barungi: I try to highlight social issues affecting women

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1.    You began writing while still a student at...

Sefi Atta: Something Good Comes to Nigerian literature

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Ike Anya speaks with Sefi Atta on her recently...

Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM

A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...

Paul O. J.: Grey Night

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GREY NIGHT On the pages of the wall                ...

Music Box: Poems by Ehizogie Iyeomoan

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music box his tongue searched for answers to the endless questions...

Tomorrow: Poems by Champion Sunday Idogun

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TOMORROW Tomorrow is the soothing song our fathers sang and danced...

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