Saturday, July 27, 2024

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On Meeting Aisha: Flash Fiction by Mobolaji Olawale

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It is the time of recession. Nigerian recession. Economic...

Mammy Water: Fiction by Felicia Taave

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So she just packed her stuff and left, immediately...

Running: Fiction by Ama Udofa

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Cool evening breeze wafts lazily through the settlement, whipping...

Eating with Hymar David: Two Poems Reviewed by Samuel Okopi

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  The Poems reviewed by Samuel Okopi DUSK DIRGE It is dawn...

Memory Work and the Gut Symmetry of Writing

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  The very act of writing anything is emotional. It...

The Activist Dies in Tanure Ojaide’s Dreams

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So the other day, my friend Okwy Okeke called...

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The Mystique of Maxim

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

Nuzo Onoh: Terrified of Planes, Heights, Oceans, Thunder, Roaches…

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Nuzo Onoh is the author of The Reluctant Dead...

Niyi Osundare At 60

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Recently, Professor Niyi Osundare, poet, scholar, essayist, humanist and...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

A Street Hawker: Poems by Tope Akeredolu

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A STREET HAWKER That black tray that balances on her...

As Tomorrow Unfolds: Poems by Geosi Gyasi

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As Tomorrow Unfolds The clouds shielded territory Sitting by the fireside Listening...

Silk: Poems by Caleb Okereke

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SILK Scented Candles You judge me by my stutter My show of...

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Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

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