Saturday, July 27, 2024

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The Debate: Fiction by Aoiri Obaigbo

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And we’re back where Super girl and David Effiong...

Rigwell Addison Asiedu | Birdcage

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Mansa knew someone was following her. It was not...

Running: Fiction by Ama Udofa

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

The Search for Political Correctness in Obinna Udenwe’s ‘Satans and Shaitans’

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Obinna Udenwe’s Satans and Shaitans burns the thin line...

Beyond Social Commitment, Meaning and Audience: Towards the Soyinkanisation of Nigerian Literature

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Language is the greatest pitfall of the upcoming generation...

Bob Dylan: Verse Minus Zero, No Limit

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The award of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature...

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Sanya Osha: Doing Violence to the Idea of the Novel

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Sola Osofisan interviews poet, novelist and philosopher Sanya Osha,...

Younger Nigerian Writers Have Better Chances Than We Had – Helon Habila

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Younger Nigerian writers have better chances than we had ...

I see a very bright future for Nigerian Literature – Prof. Akachi Ezeigbo

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Prof (Mrs) Akachi Ezeigbo is a name that readily...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Cupid’s Prayer: Poems by Dayo Adefila

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NIGHT SHIFT I can’t believe what I see; Bipeds making believe...

Still World: Poems by Olufunmi Aluko

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  IYA – Mother Iyadunni Pleasant in possession Like rustic treasure Sprouting spring On fountain Of...

Mama Africa: A Poem by Selome Araya

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MAMA AFRICA She’s our mama Rich and spiritual In all the right...

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Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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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...

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

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