Saturday, July 27, 2024

DIACRITIQUE

Ogbonna Chimezie: The White Linen

The buzzing sound of the fireflies, the flapping of...

Salvaging Sanity: Fiction by Ciru Israel

I ran into my ex-boyfriend the other day. Or...

Gods without Gods: Fiction by Omeh Susan Chioma

“As flies to wanton boys, are we to the...

The Enigmatic Nature of the Short Story: A Review of the Taste of the Tale is in the Telling

The Taste of the Tale is in the Telling -...

‘Till I’m laid to Rest’ by Garfield Ellis: A Review

BOOK TITLE: TILL I’M LAID TO REST AUTHOR: GARFIELD ELLIS PUBLISHER:...

Why Imprisonment of Writers Contributed Most to African Literature

A condition that an African writer should conform to canons of European languages when writing is a vice which Ngugi has described as canonicity. Beyond this an African and Kenyan youth both in freedom and in detention or graduate or not can still write. Superbly write. The only Kilimanjaro they are to climb is mastery of their respective mother tongues and indigenous languages...

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Pius Adesanmi: On A Re-Branding Mission Overseas

A young Nigerian lecturer in a Canadian university explains...

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu: The Legend of Ben Tomoloju

The arts scene of Lagos, nay Nigeria, owes a...

The role of any writer is to write – The Tolulope Ogunlesi Interview

TOLULOPE GBENGA OGUNLESI could be counted among the few...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Dreams of Sand | Khadija Ceesay

Dreams of Sand I am the Blackest I have ever been, standing...

Someone Is Telling a Story That Looks Like Us: Poems by Naipanoi Lepapa

Someone Is Telling a Story That Looks Like Us Someone...

The Way of Things: Poems by Emmanuel Idem

THE WAY OF THINGS Never did I love with more...

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Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

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

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

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

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