Saturday, July 27, 2024

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My Mother’s Agony: Fiction by Fabian Okorie Ugochukwu

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“Hey, Nzube,” the voice announced, “your uncle, Onyeabo, has...

Virgin Instinct: Fiction by Eze Ifeanyichukwu Peter

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She came out from somewhere. I asked her to...

Sunset in Paradise: Fiction by Leroy Mthulisi Ndlovu

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The sun hung low in the west as Joy...

The Writer, Morality and Cultural Issues in Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s ‘Season of Crimson Blossoms’

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Northern Nigerian writers are still confronted with the ugly...

Reflections on Saddiq Dzukogi’s ‘Your Crib, My Qibla’

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#QUICKREADS Reflections on Saddiq Dzukogi’s Your Crib, My Qibla (University of...

Rites of Passage: A Review of Wreaths for a Wayfarer

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The coldness of death, not death itself, breaks the...

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I Write Because I Care For People – Uzodinma Iweala

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UZODINMA Iweala is the son of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, managing...

The Mystique of Maxim

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(for Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, Boroja I, Obi of Ikate,...

E.C. Osondu: A Writer must come to the blank page with humility

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E.C. Osondu is the author of Voice of America...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

A Story between Two Augusts: Poems by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor

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A STORY BETWEEN TWO AUGUSTS (An elegy on the death...

Ghosts: Poems by Micheal Ace

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TRAPPED GHOSTS (For the victims of Xenophobia) Three immigrants from Nigeria: One...

By the Waters of Uchu: Poems by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

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By the Waters of Uchu As spirits jostle In the mother...

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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...

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

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