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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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Thursday, September 12, 2024
AFRICAN WRITER
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Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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Poetry
Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Lips are Dark for a Reason: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
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My lips are dark. Pitch-dark. Black-charcoal dark. Moonless-night dark....
Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance
November 30, 2023
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I Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end...
Sybil Fekurumoh | Tomorrow For My Worth, Today For Children
April 29, 2023
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The audience is witnessing a moment in a support...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Death of a Patriot: Creative Non-Fiction by A. Igoni Barrett
May 16, 2007
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Make you no go anywhere/Jus’ e wait dere make...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
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"We only live once. We only die once. How...
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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PLAY
Dike Chukwumerije: Relevant on Jealous Creative Writing Fronts
October 27, 2014
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Poet Saddiq Dzukogi interviews Dike Chukwumerije, one of the...
Maik Nwosu: My Influences are a Collage of the Crossroads
January 7, 2015
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Sola Osofisan interviews Maik Nwosu, poet, novelist, journalist and...
Toni Kan Onwordi: Writing is profitable if you know how
November 22, 2015
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Toni Kan Onwordi, better known simply as Toni Kan,...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
To The Shepherd, My Lover: Poems by Prince Jacon
March 15, 2009
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To The Shepherd, My Lover Quit your anxiety for here...
Mlondiwethu Dubazane: Send it on
January 31, 2021
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+++++++++i think i feel better +++++++++++++++++++++++++++like Mlondi again? ++++++++++++++++++no, ++++++++++++++++++no, ++++++++++++++++++no, ++++++++++++++++++Better. send it on somewhere...
Chaos Incognito: Poems by Kayode Aderinokun
May 27, 2005
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Lagos Slums Chartless mongrel, rejoicing within glades of famished aura, poised amidst a yam...
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
The Wind has Multiple Wings: Poems by Adeola Ikuomola
Poetry
Adeola Ikuomola
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Don’t Ask Me about Gods, or Demons: Poems by Nome Patrick
Poetry
Nome Patrick
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“I’d love to see more Africans writing about Africa” – Segun Afolabi
People
Ike Anya
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LAST MONTH...
The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
John Edward Ellis
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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