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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
Saturday, July 27, 2024
AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
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Fiction
Adewuyi Taiwo | This Country Eats Dreams
Adewuyi Taiwo
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Fiction
Abigail George | The Entrance of Humanity into History
Abigail George
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DIACRITIQUE
Equations: Fiction by Stanley Igboanugo
March 9, 2015
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1. Stone casters have an unchanging lifestyle, a routine that...
Amba’s Nightmare: Short Story by Akin Adesokan
May 6, 2007
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General Gnassingbe Etienné Eyadema has been in power in...
Abigail George: Triptych
November 30, 2021
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Risk is a mistake. There’s beautiful thinking in the...
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 Storming Passage of Okey Ndibe
August 13, 2017
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The book tour of Professor Okey Ndibe across six...
There Is Something like Gender Equality: An Essay
February 16, 2016
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Should we redefine the terminology “Feminism” to exclude gender...
The Lost Love: by Denise Kavuma
August 10, 2014
10
I cannot recall whose idea it was that I...
Uchechukwu J. Oputa | The Fifth Stage
Fiction
Uchechukwu J. Oputa
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Hanna Haile | The Ancient on Your Tongue
Fiction
Hanna Haile
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John Ebute | Penance
Fiction
John Ebute
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PLAY
Awards Do Not Make Good Writers – Chris Abani
May 21, 2007
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Writers, at one point or the other, have had...
Chika Unigwe on Modern-day Sex Slavery and the Politics of Belonging
November 9, 2015
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Chika Unigwe, after several years living in Belgium, recently...
Bunmi Oyinsan: I Was Born A Feminist
May 28, 2007
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On Thursday 17 August, 2006, Bunmi Oyinsan, Canada-based Nigerian...
Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!
…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note There is a...
Queen of all Flowers: Poetry by Agnes Aineah
July 6, 2015
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Queen of all Flowers Queen of all flowers thriving amid...
Joseph Goldblatt: Poems
May 31, 2021
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Eugene City bustle and he’s all mind and muscle He’s drinking...
A Woman, Africa: A Poem by Deji Akanni
May 6, 2007
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A Woman, Africa Unfettered, a restless mane, Is the Nile around...
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...
Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires
FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...
Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand
May 31, 2024
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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...
Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre
May 31, 2024
10
IDANRE Woman you are sad!‘Tis the same with me.—Ralph Armattoe. I.My...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
3
It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
RANDOM FLASHBACK
Emmanuel G G Yamba | Metamorphosis
Poetry
Emmanuel G G Yamba
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Daniel Ojigbo: Defiant, Even In Death
Fiction
Daniel Ojigbo
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In Ibadan: Fiction by Feyisayo Anjorin
Fiction
Feyisayo Anjorin
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