Saturday, July 27, 2024

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How Much We Have Become: African Science Fiction by Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto

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I marvel at how much we have become, and...

Telling Mother: A Short Story by Nan Owo

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“Help me Mother,” I heard myself saying, “Help me...

The Geography of Memory: Fiction by Kabu Okai-Davies

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Memory dances like a mirage, alchemy of metaphors for...

Isaac Attah Ogezi’s Hollow Gaze: A Rejoinder

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This is a response to a review by Isaac...

Can the Literatures of Dystopia Convey Messages of Conscience?

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The book is Meritropolis, written by Joel Ohman, targeting...

The Niger Delta and the Lost Promise of Outrage

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Once upon a time in the Niger Delta, the...

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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...

The Title Of My Book Is The Opposite Of “Things Fall Apart”

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"It is not a good day to tell her,"...

Nuzo Onoh: Terrified of Planes, Heights, Oceans, Thunder, Roaches…

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Nuzo Onoh is the author of The Reluctant Dead...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Guest Writer: Poems by Changming Yuan

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Here is the persistent pursuit of a bone chip Hung...

Nwaoha Chibuzor Anthony: Moths and Flames

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MOTHS AND FLAMES "Pain, betrayal, love and a teaspoon of...

Night Opens My Mind: Poems by Henry Ajumeze

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Night Opens My Mind Night opens my mind like a window hinged...

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Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

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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