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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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AFRICAN WRITER
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Fiction
Hanna Haile | The Ancient on Your Tongue
Hanna Haile
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Fiction
Uchechukwu J. Oputa | The Fifth Stage
Uchechukwu J. Oputa
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DIACRITIQUE
The Woman in the Photograph: Short fiction by Abigail George
May 3, 2017
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She had never met anyone called Siegfried before. Wondered...
Anthony Madukwe: Your Mind Is Doing What It Does
September 30, 2020
2
You met him on a Tuesday, in that restaurant...
Jasmine: Fiction by Sandra A. Mushi
December 14, 2013
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She couldn’t keep her eyes awake though she felt...
Tolu Akinwole | Death “Bi Yi” Proud, Or Questions about Nollywood’s Portrayal of Social Tragedy
The title of this essay, “Death Bi Yi Proud,”...
Mourning Gunter Wilhelm Grass, Author of ‘The Tin Drum’
July 6, 2015
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I have been reading The Tin Drum since December...
The Niger Delta and the Lost Promise of Outrage
December 5, 2009
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Once upon a time in the Niger Delta, the...
The Best Story: An Essay by Seotsa ‘Soh’ Manyeli
July 22, 2010
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They say our lives are completed and modeled by...
Abigail George | The Entrance of Humanity into History
Fiction
Abigail George
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John Ebute | Penance
Fiction
John Ebute
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Adewuyi Taiwo | This Country Eats Dreams
Fiction
Adewuyi Taiwo
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PLAY
Abigail George: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer
October 4, 2013
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I don’t want to be cool and for a long time I was experimenting with different voices in my writing. It took me a long time to realise I just had to be myself, comfortable with who I was. I don’t want to be popular. I don’t know how to be cool...
My Book Is A Product Of Frustration – Odili Ujubuonu
May 4, 2007
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Odili Ujubuonu, winner of this year's ANA/JACARANDA Prize for...
Ikeogu Oke: Meaning and Felicity of Expression in Perfect Fusion
October 6, 2014
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Uche Peter Umez interviews Ikeogu Oke, a writer, poet and journalist....
Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!
…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note There is a...
Adeniran, Joseph: A wall and a classroom of black students
June 1, 2020
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A wall and a classroom of black students: to this...
Ugwu Erochukwu Shedrach: Candlelight
June 27, 2019
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“The snake takes pride— because it knows where its...
Past Perfect: Poems by Dele Afolabi
July 16, 2007
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A BIDA SATURDAY The sun is always there, With a fierceness...
LAST MONTH ...
Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings
May 31, 2024
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She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...
Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre
May 31, 2024
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IDANRE Woman you are sad!‘Tis the same with me.—Ralph Armattoe. I.My...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand
I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...
Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation
May 31, 2024
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Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...
Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears
May 31, 2024
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This is what happens to my tears and the...
Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires
May 31, 2024
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FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...
RANDOM FLASHBACK
Death Is the Colour Blue: Three Poems by Joseph Omoh Ndukwu
Poetry
Joseph Omoh Ndukwu
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Borrowed Smile: A Short Story by Chika Unigwe
Fiction
Chika Unigwe
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Osieka Osinimu Alao | Anatomy of Elegy
Poetry
Osieka Osinimu Alao
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