Saturday, July 27, 2024

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The Quelea: Fiction by Abenea Ndago

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

Dreams and Nightmares: An excerpt by Wesley Macheso

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(An excerpt from a manuscript titled Things we lost...

Everything Smelt of Oranges: Fiction by Joseph Omoh Ndukwu

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'Mummy, Adanne is catching cold, serious cold, Mummy.' Adanne...

A Review of Ezekiel Fajenyo’s ‘The Writings of May Ifeoma Nwoye: A Critical Literary Analysis’

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Book Title: The Writings of May Ifeoma Nwoye: A...

Mentoring as a Strategy for Excellent Creative Writing: Perspectives on the Hill-Top Art Centre, Minna, Nigeria

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There are challenges on the suitable methods to be...

Japa Literature: Redefining Homecoming and the Pursuit of Greener Pastures

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In Homecoming, Ibrahim threads together the nascent reality of...

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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...

The Ladies at the White Board: A Memoir Excerpt by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema

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PART 1 When I walked into the then staff room...

Images that Linger, Words that Bite

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  And now the horn may paw the air, Howling goodbye. -...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Emmanuel Idem: On Chaos

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THE CHAOS OF LIVING I was five When I first attempted...

Infatuation: Poems by Frank E. Achebe

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ON NUPTIAL NIGHT The moon comes, bearing a cask of...

The Flight of a Minstrel: Poems by Al-kasim Abdulkadir

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The Flight of a Minstrel I am a minstrel fleeing...

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Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

   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...

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

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