Thursday, September 19, 2024

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The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals

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The closed door notwithstanding, the proceedings bore audibly into...

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

How to Dispose of Good Shoes in Africa: Non-fiction by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor

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The shoes on my feet have seen three generations...

Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile

‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...

An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi

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I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...

Lips are Dark for a Reason: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi

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My lips are dark. Pitch-dark. Black-charcoal dark. Moonless-night dark....

Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain

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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...

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Prof. Monica Mweseli: Okot P’bitek’s Call Still Relevant to All African Writers

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Political turbulence following Idi Amin’s 1971 coup in Uganda...

Why I write in the dead of night – Ogaga Ifowodo

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Like most prominent writers, Ogaga Ifowodo started his writing...

Sefi Atta: Something Good Comes to Nigerian literature

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Ike Anya speaks with Sefi Atta on her recently...

Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM

A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...

Here is my Soul: Poetry by Takondwa Hauya

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HERE IS MY SOUL Here’s the Agitated room of my...

Abigail George: I Almost Inherited the Rain…

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I almost inherited the rain when it came Childhood is...

A Hole in Hell: A Poem by Sola Osofisan

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A HOLE IN HELL Ashamu this story has no hero. The frantic...

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