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AFRICAN WRITER
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AFRICAN WRITER
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Abigail George | The Entrance of Humanity into History
Abigail George
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Fiction
Uchechukwu J. Oputa | The Fifth Stage
Uchechukwu J. Oputa
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DIACRITIQUE
The Knife London Gave Me: A Short Story by Abenea Ndago
July 28, 2015
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Sanaipei is in America reading about insurance companies. Rabindranath...
Peace Mbengei: Confessions of a Contrite Spirit
April 30, 2019
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Mbotu, your name still lights a furnace in my...
Arrested Development: Fiction by Ciru Israel
March 31, 2017
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He goes like: Hey Beautiful! I go like: Hi! Handsome. He...
Tolu Akinwole | Death “Bi Yi” Proud, Or Questions about Nollywood’s Portrayal of Social Tragedy
The title of this essay, “Death Bi Yi Proud,”...
Female Representation in Nigerian Literature: An Essay by Razinat Muhammed
May 21, 2007
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NIGERIAN literature, beginning with pre-independence publications of Amos Tutuola's...
Impossible Death of Lance Spearman & African Film
June 6, 2018
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Children of today do not know anything about the...
ANA Lagos: The Genesis of a Writers’ Association
January 7, 2003
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ANA - National had been founded in 1981 by...
Adewuyi Taiwo | This Country Eats Dreams
Fiction
Adewuyi Taiwo
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John Ebute | Penance
Fiction
John Ebute
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Hanna Haile | The Ancient on Your Tongue
Fiction
Hanna Haile
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PLAY
Abigail George: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer
October 4, 2013
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I don’t want to be cool and for a long time I was experimenting with different voices in my writing. It took me a long time to realise I just had to be myself, comfortable with who I was. I don’t want to be popular. I don’t know how to be cool...
H.R. ole Kulet: Education Should Strengthen the Bonds Created by Culture
January 28, 2018
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Henry ole Kulet grew up in a village called...
Images that Linger, Words that Bite
May 6, 2007
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And now the horn may paw the air, Howling goodbye. -...
Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!
…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note There is a...
A Street Hawker: Poems by Tope Akeredolu
August 8, 2016
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A STREET HAWKER That black tray that balances on her...
A Short Black Poem: Poetry by Cletus Nelson Nwadike
June 17, 2009
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A Short Black Poem 1 When I die I want to be...
Bloodbath: Poems by Eric Atie
November 14, 2016
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BLOODBATH For each thought of you That crosses my mind I will...
LAST MONTH ...
Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre
May 31, 2024
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IDANRE Woman you are sad!‘Tis the same with me.—Ralph Armattoe. I.My...
Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires
May 31, 2024
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FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...
Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation
May 31, 2024
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Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...
Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears
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...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand
May 31, 2024
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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...
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Obi Nwakanma
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