Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Joseph Ofejiro Bilabi: When the Moon Journeys Home

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I can make it seem better for a while-...

Raaks The Cock: A Short Story by A.A. Rufai

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Unknown to her, Raaks the cock stared dreamily as...

A Blue Stocking’s Love: A Story by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema

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Perhaps it would be dishonest to begin by stating...

The Uncommon Joy of a Shared Interest in Books

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By Way of Introduction My admission to the University of...

Jailed in the Black Body: A Review of Caleb Azumah’s Open Water

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Caleb Azumah Nelson's recent novel Open Water (2021) explores...

Restless Journeys and Horsemen – A Review by Ikhide R. Ikheloa

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The Horsemen and other poems 73 pp Africa World Press,...

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Abubakar Gimba and the Literary Excursions in Niger State

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Abubakar Gimba’s death was an expected surprise to everyone...

H.R. ole Kulet: Education Should Strengthen the Bonds Created by Culture

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Henry ole Kulet grew up in a village called...

Violet Barungi: I try to highlight social issues affecting women

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1.    You began writing while still a student at...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Glow: Poems by Gerry Shula Sikazwe

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GLOW Who will you be tonight? Will you be the moon, Or...

Dejido Bejide: The Gods of the Long Years

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THE GODS OF THE LONG YEARS At the dawn of...

Abigail George | Going all the way with it

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Ted Hughes (eight haiku) Weave your poetry – shamanic-wisdomAnd not...

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Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

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