Saturday, July 27, 2024

DIACRITIQUE

The Beaten Track: A Short Story by Molara Wood

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“I did not know that my despair was so...

And I Alone Am Left to Protect Thee…A Short Story by Amran Gaye

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"There are two Kumbas, one with a mother, and...

My Mother Knows Better: Fiction by Chidi Arua

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As a child, I overheard my father talking while...

Materialism and Stereotype in Born on a Tuesday

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Nigerian literature is again witnessing an upsurge in production...

Seventy Three Shades of Truth: A Perlustration of Anyokwu’s Poetic Fusillade

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There is a voice journeying through the wilderness. It...

Cecil Rhodes through the Lens of Xenophobia: A Review

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A Review of #Rhodes Must Fall: Nibbling at Resilient...

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Rocha Chimerah: No language is incapable of addressing global issues

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Rocha Chimerah received his B. Ed and M. Ed...

Kabu Okai-Davies: Expatriate of the Imagination, Emigrant of Dreams

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Sola Osofisan interviews Kabu Okai-Davies, Australia-based Ghanaian poet, playwright,...

Nengi Ilagha: Words are the instruments of our warfare in the spirit, as in the flesh

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NENGI JOSEF OWEI-ILAGHA, fondly called Pope Pen the First,...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Feast of Atonement: Poems by Neebari Dum Nwalu

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FEAST OF ATONEMENT The day of atonement Has come to the...

Lamb: Five Haiku by Abigail George

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Lamb (Five haiku) Once a boy was hatched. Born with sonnet...

The Widower: Poems by ‘Kego Onyido

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Daughter of Eve He first saw her under a silvery...

LAST MONTH ...

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

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

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

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...

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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   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...

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