Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Broken: Fiction by Chijioke Victor Uche

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Rusty roofs. A thriving lizard runway through the cracked,...

Checkpoint: A Short Story by Bamidele Gbenga Olowosile

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Officer Titus Okubuli cursed and spat for the umpteenth...

Abigail George: Beautiful Girls Who Smoke In Public Toilets

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Rebecca knew how to arrange her hair, how to...

Carlos Izzia Ahmad: The Man And His Poetry – An Essay by Omale Allen Abdul-Jabbar

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Let me commence this stuff with a question: What...

Look left…look right…all clear, now go for it!

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What I am about to tell you must never...

War Child: A Novel by Bruce Cerew

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  War Child: A Novel by Bruce Cerew Review by Bemgba...

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Images that Linger, Words that Bite

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

I Would Rather Shun Self-Publishing – Amatoritsero Ede

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Amatoritsero Ede, an award winning Nigerian writer based in...

Idzia Ahmad: A Meteor, a Vagrant Arab

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In many ways, Idzia Ahmad was my friend and...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Waves of the Dawn: A Collaborative Poem

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WAVES OF THE DAWN (A COLLABORATIVE POEM) Akande mi, Olowo ori...

The Curse Songs of Stone: Poems by JKS Makokha

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SONNETS I: ON A BEACH IN BERBERA In Berbera on sunny...

Tonight the Sky was Empty: A Poem by Abigail George

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TONIGHT THE SKY WAS EMPTY Fresh pipes are wasted as...

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Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

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...

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