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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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Fiction
John Ebute | Penance
John Ebute
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Fiction
Adewuyi Taiwo | This Country Eats Dreams
Adewuyi Taiwo
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DIACRITIQUE
Do Not Urinate Here: Fiction by Muritala Sule
September 17, 2005
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Olaolu read the warning and laughed the way he...
Red Cocks and Black Goats: A Short Story by Sandra A. Mushi
December 6, 2009
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They are all so desperate, gullible and insecure! Greedy...
Junias Tinashe: The Reckoning
April 30, 2021
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The acrid smell of tobacco, alcoholic beverages of various...
Tolu Akinwole | Death “Bi Yi” Proud, Or Questions about Nollywood’s Portrayal of Social Tragedy
The title of this essay, “Death Bi Yi Proud,”...
A Trip To The African Burial Ground National Monument
November 30, 2023
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There’s a painting in the African Burial Ground National...
Naming the Unnameable: A Memorial For Ebereonwu
May 11, 2007
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The story of Ebereonwu who was born as Paul...
Sule E. Egya’s Eulogy to Niyi Osundare, a Literary Colossus
August 8, 2017
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Book Title: Niyi Osundare: A Literary Biography Author: Sule E....
Abigail George | The Entrance of Humanity into History
Fiction
Abigail George
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Uchechukwu J. Oputa | The Fifth Stage
Fiction
Uchechukwu J. Oputa
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Hanna Haile | The Ancient on Your Tongue
Fiction
Hanna Haile
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PLAY
G’Ebinyo Ogbowei: On Empires, Prickly Poetry and the Coming Hour of Reckoning
April 1, 2014
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Uche Peter Umez interviews G’Ebinyo Ogbowei, former Head of...
“The artist is a person at a crossroads” – Francis B. Nyamnjoh
December 14, 2021
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Cameroonian Scholar Francis B. Nyamnjoh on Art, Academia, indebtedness,...
Rocha Chimerah: No language is incapable of addressing global issues
April 2, 2018
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Rocha Chimerah received his B. Ed and M. Ed...
Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!
…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note There is a...
Cindy Rene | Tante
October 1, 2023
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TANTE consecrated by fire her throat cracked now caves left behind a last...
African Democracy: Poems by Gerry Shula Sikazwe
June 4, 2017
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DEMOCRATIC POLITICS (African Democracy) A game it is, It is a...
I Know Why Lakes Don’t Flow: Poetry by Paul Oluwafemi David
April 1, 2018
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I KNOW WHY LAKES DON’T FLOW (To human beings who...
LAST MONTH ...
Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears
May 31, 2024
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This is what happens to my tears and the...
Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires
May 31, 2024
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FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation
Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...
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...
Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings
May 31, 2024
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She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...
Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand
May 31, 2024
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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...
RANDOM FLASHBACK
Patrick Shyaka | Our Age of Slur
Fiction
Patrick Shyaka
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Yanjanani L. Banda | Memory and Redemption
Poetry
Yanjanani L. Banda
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Sequence: Poems by Ajise Vincent
Poetry
Ajise Vincent
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