Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Bill Got a Visitor: Fiction by Augustine Malizu

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Bill woke up to the incoherent chirping of crickets...

A Bloody Tenth Year: A Short Story by Ololade Adewuyi

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It was a steamy hot afternoon. When I turned...

Leaving Out Details: Fiction by Felicia Taave

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She stomped angrily up the staircase wondering if today...

Toyin Falola’s Enchanted Yoruba Universe: An Essay by Sanya Osha

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In A Mouth Sweeter than Salt, Toyin Falola brings...

What Somaliland Taught Me

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Whether Americans or Africans, my friends reacted in much...

The Madibas’ Club: by ‘Niyi Immanuel

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  Mandela died on December 5th, 2013. The man, like...

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Uwem Akpan: On Bullets, Bestsellers and Bedbugs

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Uwem Akpan In conversation with Sola Osofisan. In 2008, Uwem...

Interview with Gaamangwe Joy Mogami, Founder of AfricainDialogue.com

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Webmasters, bloggers and editors of literary websites are usually...

Reading Culture and the Government in Kenya: A Publisher’s View

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Stakeholders in the book industry are agreed that Kenya...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Sola Osofisan: Movements around the Unicorn

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MOVEMENTS AROUND THE UNICORN Kokomma, I fan your flame in the...

Night Alone: Poetry by Victor Eyo

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NIGHT ALONE Have you ever felt this gaping loneliness? The streets feel...

Right to Intrude: Poems by Ngozi Unigwe

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Right to Intrude I say a short request in absolute...

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Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

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

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

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

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...

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

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