Saturday, July 27, 2024

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A River’s Secrets: Fiction by Agnes Aineah

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Andaraza made the pit shallow. He rhythmically lifted the...

Jukebox: A Short Story by Emmanuel Iduma

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Sometime later, in the course of this decade, when...

At the Foot of my Ten Fingers: Fiction by Abenea Ndago

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Few one-word titles work, in my view. Like Knots....

The Printed Word Beyond the Spoken Story: A Review of ‘Blood Will Call’

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The gripping collection of ten short stories, Blood Will...

One Day, I Will Write about this City in Flowery Words

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"Forgive me if what has seemed little to you,...

Inner Death: A Poet’s Destructive Stress

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Inner Death: A poet’s Destructive Stress My own pen inflicting...

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

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

“I’d love to see more Africans writing about Africa” – Segun Afolabi

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Segun Afolabi is the winner of the 2005 Caine...

The Ladies at the White Board: A Memoir Excerpt by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema

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PART 1 When I walked into the then staff room...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

10 Things I Hate About U: Poetry by Mugabi Byenkya

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10 Things I Hate About U Last night, my brother...

The Journey of the Magi: Poems by Ighalo Eghosa Joel

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THE JOURNEY OF THE MAGI Aided by the meekness Of that...

Sihle Ntuli: Monday

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MONDAY   to stare at a mirror      to feel hungry sadistic sun...

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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...

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

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...

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