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REVIEW

2023 AKO Caine Prize

Features & Reviews

Is This, Finally, the Caine Year for Women?

PROSE

almajiri

Fiction

Aliyu Yakubu | Stolen Innocence

18 Min Read

smoke

Fiction

Omobola Osamor | Smoke

24 Min Read

POETRY

palms

Sunday Wura Best | Bullets on Wheels

Sunday Wura Best

1 Min Read

implosion

Popoola Ololade Aderemi | Where the Heart is

Popoola Ololade Aderemi

1 Min Read

elegy

Osieka Osinimu Alao | Anatomy of Elegy

Osieka Osinimu Alao

1 Min Read

drive

Fiction

Claude Hiol | We Need to Talk

12 Min Read

warriors

Fiction

Lucy Mwelu | The Crawler Warrior

16 Min Read

RECENTLY...

rosary

Ritah Tumushabe | Sacred Threads: A Personal Journey of Faith and Loss

Ritah Tumushabe

12 Min Read

mother or matyr

Lethukukhanya Mzulwini | Mother or Martyr

Lethukukhanya Mzulwini

16 Min Read

Do you remember Marang?

Itu Komane: Do You Remember Marang?

12 Min Read

vulnerable moment

Osy Mizpah Unuevho | Gethsemane

Osy Mizpah Unuevho

2 Min Read

Watering

Eliongema Udofia | All this flower needs…

Eliongema Udofia

3 Min Read

widow's happiness

Ugochukwu Anadị | A Widow’s Happiness Is Her Daughters

Ugochukwu Anadị

7 Min Read

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Fiction

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Features & Reviews

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Fiction

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Poetry

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Fiction

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