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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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Saturday, September 14, 2024
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Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
Ritah Tumushabe | Sacred Threads: A Personal Journey of Faith and Loss
July 31, 2023
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Today, I have decided to retire my rosary. This...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Lips are Dark for a Reason: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
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My lips are dark. Pitch-dark. Black-charcoal dark. Moonless-night dark....
Sybil Fekurumoh | Tomorrow For My Worth, Today For Children
April 29, 2023
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The audience is witnessing a moment in a support...
Michelle Chepchumba: When Your Life Means Nothing
July 31, 2021
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It is past midnight. Maybe 1:00 am, maybe 2:00....
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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PLAY
Shadreck Chikoti: Speculative fiction is wide in its scope
May 6, 2018
2
Shadreck Chikoti is passionate about the development of writing...
Namwali Serpell: Planting Seeds in a Garden of Intention
November 19, 2017
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Namwali Serpell. Born in Lusaka, Zambia. The ethereal forms...
A Witness to these Times…The Akin Adesokan Interview
May 6, 2007
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His voice floats through the waves, slides smoothly into...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
To Precious, My Oxygen: Poems by Victor Eyo
January 8, 2017
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TO PRECIOUS, MY OXYGEN you consume me like a great...
The Bride: Poetry by Vincent de Paul
October 31, 2018
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THE BRIDE I last saw her on her wedding day She...
As Tomorrow Unfolds: Poems by Geosi Gyasi
April 22, 2014
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As Tomorrow Unfolds The clouds shielded territory Sitting by the fireside Listening...
Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
THE Ungrammaticality oF poETRY
Essays & Reviews
Joshua Idowu Omidire
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Auchi: Poems by Austyn Njoku
Poetry
Austyn Njoku
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Tolu Akinwole | Death “Bi Yi” Proud, Or Questions about Nollywood’s Portrayal of Social Tragedy
DiaCritique
Tolu Akinwole
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LAST MONTH...
Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
John Edward Ellis
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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