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The Sword of Barbushe: A Short Story by Umar Abubakar Sidi

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1998: March 22ND If not for the dull rays emitted...

The Ultimate High: By Felicia Taave

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‘’This is the life!’’ Onya piped excitedly. Before her...

Bottomless Pit: A Short Story by Vera Ezimora

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Since the age of eleven when I was privileged...

The Unsung Nigerian Writer in a Hip-hop World

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She was staring at the computer when I grabbed...

Drum Beats for Nduka Otiono in the Delta

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  The literary environment in Asaba, the capital city of...

Of Writing and Typing: A Tale of Two Novels

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*Isidore Emeka Uzoatu “disambiguates” Things Fall Apart by Chinua...

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Shadreck Chikoti: Speculative fiction is wide in its scope

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Shadreck Chikoti is passionate about the development of writing...

Kabu Okai-Davies: Expatriate of the Imagination, Emigrant of Dreams

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Sola Osofisan interviews Kabu Okai-Davies, Australia-based Ghanaian poet, playwright,...

“My repression is as legitimate as your freedom”: A Conversation with Yẹ́misí Aríbisálà

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Yẹ́misí Aríbisálà, formerly Yẹ́misí Ogbe, is a food memoirist...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Birds of Paradise: Poems by Folasayo Dele-Ogunrinde

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3:00 A.M. (1) i lay down like a gift unwrapped waiting... you...

Mind Feed: Poetry by C. Uche Onuora

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Mind Feed: Long Tail of a Lament I Yearning tendrils grasp...

We Signed Our Death Sentence: Poems by Wafula p’khisa

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WE SIGNED OUR DEATH SENTENCE The chickens will not come...

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Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

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...

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

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

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