Saturday, July 27, 2024

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The Body Part: Fiction by Bunmi Oke

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I do not believe my ears. I wipe my...

The Quelea: Fiction by Abenea Ndago

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With the return of the rain the leaves would...

Lagoon: A short Story by Edwin Madu

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Our eyes were watching God when we heard that...

The Audacity of Pain: A Review of Jumoke Verissimo’s I Am Memory

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I am Memory Author: Jumoke Verissimo Genre: Poetry Pages: 56 ISBN No: 978-978-088-065-1 Personally,...

Reflections on Echezonachukwu Nduka’s ‘Waterman’

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#QUICKREADS Reflections on Echezonachukwu Nduka’s Waterman (Griots Lounge Publishing, 2020; ISBN...

Road Trip: Thoughts of Homeland

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  Blustery. “It’s a road trip,” Hugh says, in his characteristic...

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G’Ebinyo Ogbowei: On Empires, Prickly Poetry and the Coming Hour of Reckoning

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Uche Peter Umez interviews G’Ebinyo Ogbowei, former Head of...

Davina Owombre: Secrets determine what people do

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Davina Owombre is a Nigerian writer whose stories are...

I Would Rather Shun Self-Publishing – Amatoritsero Ede

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Amatoritsero Ede, an award winning Nigerian writer based in...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Stars Will Never Fall: Poems by Olunosen Louisa Ibhaze

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THE FIRST RAIN Months of dryness and heat, Plants bow their...

So Rough a Journey: Poems by Pious Elemchukwu Okoro

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LIES Above the voice Of reason Lies scream aloud To be heard. Like the...

What Can I Call This? Poems by Kole Ade-Odutola

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What Can I Call This? At the Tee-Junction of decision, the...

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Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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This is what happens to my tears and the...

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...

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

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