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AFRICAN WRITER
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Fiction
John Ebute | Penance
John Ebute
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Fiction
Hanna Haile | The Ancient on Your Tongue
Hanna Haile
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DIACRITIQUE
Hitmen: Flash Fiction by Kenechukwu ‘Childless’ Obiezu
March 31, 2017
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Solwezi, Zambia. Visola felt the long bruise behind her neck...
Do I Have Regrets? (A book excerpt)
October 9, 2013
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Do I Have Regrets? - An Excerpt from Deep Sighs...
Jamal Francis: The Apocalypse
March 31, 2020
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At our most vulnerable, life was at its most...
Tolu Akinwole | Death “Bi Yi” Proud, Or Questions about Nollywood’s Portrayal of Social Tragedy
The title of this essay, “Death Bi Yi Proud,”...
Chinonye Omeirondi: Celebration of Life
January 31, 2021
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Nigerians are supernatural beings. They’ve evolved past every ethnic...
A Review of Lola Shoneyin’s For The Love of Flight
April 21, 2011
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REVIEWER: TONI KAN BOOK TITLE: FOR THE LOVE OF FLIGHT AUTHOR:...
Roar, African, Roar – A Book Review by Ikhide R. Ikheloa (Nnamdi)
May 10, 2010
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The writers Ivor W. Hartmann and Emmanuel Sigauke have...
Uchechukwu J. Oputa | The Fifth Stage
Fiction
Uchechukwu J. Oputa
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Abigail George | The Entrance of Humanity into History
Fiction
Abigail George
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Adewuyi Taiwo | This Country Eats Dreams
Fiction
Adewuyi Taiwo
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PLAY
My Generation Better Than Those Before Us – Toni Kan Onwordi
February 15, 2007
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Toni Kan's quill glints like an emerald whenever he...
The Phenomenal Woman: Remembering Dr. Maya Angelou
June 1, 2014
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A LIBRARY BURNS TO THE GROUND History suffers a great...
Titilope Sonuga: I believe in truth-telling as a pathway to healing
July 21, 2017
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Títílopẹ́ Sónúgà (she writes it as “Titilope Sonuga”) is...
Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!
…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note There is a...
Burnt: Poetry by Darlington Chukwunyere
November 30, 2018
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BURNT -for Kechi Okwuchi, the miracle Sosoliso air crash survivor. Burnt...
Daude Teel: Kandake
March 31, 2022
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Kandake One. Pushed to the edge purpose, once moved by passion, removes itself,...
The Hybrid | Poems
March 30, 2024
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habitat no longer civilian.windswept aftermath slappedover dry bone. ring of...
LAST MONTH ...
Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings
May 31, 2024
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She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...
Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires
May 31, 2024
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FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...
Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand
May 31, 2024
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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...
Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre
IDANRE Woman you are sad!‘Tis the same with me.—Ralph Armattoe. I.My...
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...
Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation
May 31, 2024
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Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
RANDOM FLASHBACK
A Masquerade of Spirits: Poems by Wesley Macheso
Poetry
Wesley Macheso
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Melancholic: Poems by Ruru Wekpe
Poetry
Ruru Wekpe
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Soyinka’s Utterance Against Me Is “Aggravated Libel” – Maja-Pearce
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