Saturday, July 27, 2024

DIACRITIQUE

Death and a Fistful of Earth: Fiction by Ozimede Sunny Ekhalume

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A bird had built an intricate nest by my...

Her Eyes: A Short Story by Sandra A. Mushi

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Loudly I call out to God – if He...

Abigail George: Friday Nights have been Lonely

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Nothing is coming undone because so far it is...

Look left…look right…all clear, now go for it!

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What I am about to tell you must never...

Sacred Suicide: Re-Reading Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman Forty Years After

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Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka is...

Sule E. Egya’s Eulogy to Niyi Osundare, a Literary Colossus

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Book Title: Niyi Osundare: A Literary Biography Author: Sule E....

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A Season of the Great Lake: An Interview with Mukoma wa Ngugi

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An Afriquest Interview series conducted by F.O. Ohanyido. Mukoma, let's...

Playing with Poetry: A Conversation with Tade Ipadeola

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"I do think that our greatest investments should be...

“I Regret Nigeria Has Given Me Nothing But Insistent Pain From Childhood” – Obiwu

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Not everybody likes living in exile, yet it could...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Enotor Prosper: Origami and Other Poems

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Mixed In this country, it is tradition to bore a...

Braiding Water: Poetry by Richard Anyah

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Braiding Water …you say it is love, it is poison. -nasir...

Chidima Okafor: Two Poems

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Betty’s Confession I hear your call, and as eager palates to...

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Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

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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