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AFRICAN WRITER
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Fiction
Hanna Haile | The Ancient on Your Tongue
Hanna Haile
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Fiction
Uchechukwu J. Oputa | The Fifth Stage
Uchechukwu J. Oputa
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DIACRITIQUE
Vhikas of Legend: Fiction by Charles Nhamo Rupare
June 27, 2016
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They came in the night like those famed American...
Omobola Osamor: I Chose You
December 30, 2021
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Cloaked in water. Bathed in blood. Dark and warm was our...
The Sight of their Horns: A Short Story by Abenea Ndago
August 8, 2017
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Before Neighbour arrives with an angry breath and shouts...
Tolu Akinwole | Death “Bi Yi” Proud, Or Questions about Nollywood’s Portrayal of Social Tragedy
The title of this essay, “Death Bi Yi Proud,”...
Burma Boys and Strange Wars
April 30, 2008
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"No European writer could have written 'Things Fall Apart,'...
Reflections: On Thando Mgqolozana’s Hear me Alone
June 30, 2020
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Reflections: on Thando Mgqolozana’s Hear me Alone Jacana Media, 2011,...
A Game for Heroes…If You Believe the Hype
April 22, 2011
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'You can do a lot with hype. You can...
Abigail George | The Entrance of Humanity into History
Fiction
Abigail George
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John Ebute | Penance
Fiction
John Ebute
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Adewuyi Taiwo | This Country Eats Dreams
Fiction
Adewuyi Taiwo
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PLAY
Ali Znaidi: A poem is a kind of selfie captured in words
May 30, 2016
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Ali Znaidi is a widely anthologised writer. A Tunisian...
I Write Because I Care For People – Uzodinma Iweala
January 10, 2008
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UZODINMA Iweala is the son of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, managing...
Abigail George: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer
October 4, 2013
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I don’t want to be cool and for a long time I was experimenting with different voices in my writing. It took me a long time to realise I just had to be myself, comfortable with who I was. I don’t want to be popular. I don’t know how to be cool...
Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!
…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note There is a...
Three Poems: By Obemata
April 24, 2011
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Self Portrait No matter how long I look at my portrait, how...
My Brother, From Another Woman: Poetry by Levi Cheruo Cheptora
October 4, 2016
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MY BROTHER, FROM ANOTHER WOMAN I saw him again today Heaving...
A Bridge Passing Under Many Waters: Poems by Ololade Adewuyi
May 28, 2007
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FROM OLUMO ROCK a brown thread stretches far far beyond the...
LAST MONTH ...
Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation
May 31, 2024
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Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand
May 31, 2024
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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...
Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires
FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...
Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings
May 31, 2024
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She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...
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...
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...
RANDOM FLASHBACK
Poets are Poor: Two Poems by John Chizoba Vincent
Poetry
John Chizoba Vincent
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Mama Africa: A Poem by Selome Araya
Poetry
Selome Araya
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Lingering Issues In Achebe’s Female Characterisation
Essays & Reviews
Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
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