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AFRICAN WRITER
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AFRICAN WRITER
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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
AFRICAN WRITER
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Poetry
Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
How to Dispose of Good Shoes in Africa: Non-fiction by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor
November 19, 2017
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The shoes on my feet have seen three generations...
Ritah Tumushabe | Sacred Threads: A Personal Journey of Faith and Loss
July 31, 2023
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Today, I have decided to retire my rosary. This...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
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for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
Sybil Fekurumoh | Tomorrow For My Worth, Today For Children
April 29, 2023
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The audience is witnessing a moment in a support...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
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"We only live once. We only die once. How...
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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PLAY
Images that Linger, Words that Bite
May 6, 2007
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And now the horn may paw the air, Howling goodbye. -...
Ikeogu Oke: Meaning and Felicity of Expression in Perfect Fusion
October 6, 2014
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Uche Peter Umez interviews Ikeogu Oke, a writer, poet and journalist....
Rocha Chimerah: No language is incapable of addressing global issues
April 2, 2018
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Rocha Chimerah received his B. Ed and M. Ed...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Ahmad Isah Sabo: Goddess of Purity
April 30, 2020
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GODDESS OF PURITY I sit between vision and hallucination— a weaver...
The Sunrays Scanned the Melodious Mountains: Poems by Adeola Ikuomola
July 4, 2017
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THE SUNRAYS SCANNED THE MELODIOUS MOUNTAINS The sunrays scanned the...
The Path Taken: Poems by Dela Bobobee
June 17, 2007
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Africa Once a toddler, I was nurtured and intoxicated with pure...
Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
When Faces walk out of a Photograph: Fiction by Abenea Ndago
Fiction
Abenea Ndago
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NLNG Prize 2012: Shortlist of 10
News & More
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Immigrants, Irritants, Relocations & Dislocations in Text: A Review
Essays & Reviews
Kole Ade-Odutola
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LAST MONTH...
Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
John Edward Ellis
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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