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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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Friday, March 21, 2025
AFRICAN WRITER
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Talent Madhuku | The first word of Hope
I’m not allowed to go in. I try to go for the door handle but my mother-in-law blocks it. I quickly...
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Dorothy Attakora-Gyan | Anchored in Elmina
Two nights before the Bakatue Festival, a light-skinned man drove into Kukuwa’s father’s compound in a black car that looked like...
Fiction
Chisom Nsiegbunam | Mama
Fiction
Sulayman Saye | Today, Baba Was Fine
Fiction
Fiyola Hoosen-Steele | The Wayward Ways of Lydia Hayworth
Fiction
Nozipho Fadzai Wabatagore | Weddings and Woes
Fiction
Ridwan Badamasi | The Dying Light of Day
Poetry
Israel Okonji | Last Week…
Last Month...
Fiction
Amani Mosi | Nine in the Morning
Poetry
Felix Eshiet | Meditation
Poetry
Felix Chibuisi P. | tales of a broken city
Plays
‘Shéun and Bebe Ominira-Bluejack | Eko
Fiction
Felix Otieno | Naming
Poetry
Bright Aboagye | how do I sing my pain?
Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Marius
Poetry
Matthew Johnson | Three Poems
Non-Fiction
L. Ann Jackson | Father
Non-Fiction
Lawrence Winkler | The Road that Never Was
Poetry
Fatima Elbadri | Two Poems
Fiction
Mike Paterson-Jones | The Hunter
Poetry
Jeffrey Ogochukwu | Sad Memories…