Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Abigail George: The Taste of Summer Wine

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There are days when everything hurts. You drink from...

The Artist At Work: A Short Story by Philip Oyok

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Sometime in the early month of May, in this...

Borrowing Tomorrow: Fiction by Felicia Taave

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I see tears in your future. And pain. What is...

Ojaide sings The Tale of the Harmattan from Cape Town

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Absorbing, startling and uncannily pitched to public and private...

Naming the Unnameable: A Memorial For Ebereonwu

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The story of Ebereonwu who was born as Paul...

The Mirror of Our Times: A Review of ‘The Funeral Did Not End’

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TITLE: THE FUNERAL DID NOT END AUTHOR: SYLVA NZE IFEDIGBO PUBLISHERS:...

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The Mystique of Maxim

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(for Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, Boroja I, Obi of Ikate,...

I Write Because I Care For People – Uzodinma Iweala

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UZODINMA Iweala is the son of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, managing...

A Season of the Great Lake: An Interview with Mukoma wa Ngugi

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An Afriquest Interview series conducted by F.O. Ohanyido. Mukoma, let's...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Telling Stories: Poems by Wesley Macheso

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Telling Stories The land comes to life when the sun goes...

Melancholic: Poems by Ruru Wekpe

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MELANCHOLIC Somewhere between life and lore, cotton swills the hill...

Beast: Poetry by Nwachukwu Egbunike

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Alusi You were You are You remain Tears are for the dead Joy is...

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Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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   Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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

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...

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...

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