Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Muheez Olawale | Even The Whitest Palms Swim In Mud

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“Even the whitest palms swim in mud.” I’m pretty sure...

Dear Journal, it’s me Alice: Short fiction by Abigail George

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Books always marked our games somehow. The passage of...

Audrey Obuobisa-Darko: Being

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My name is Kowa, and I don’t know where...

Reporting Violence in the World: Different Strokes for Different Folks

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I recently read, on the BBC website, of the...

Sule E. Egya’s Eulogy to Niyi Osundare, a Literary Colossus

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Book Title: Niyi Osundare: A Literary Biography Author: Sule E....

In Defense of Simplicity of Language in Nigerian Narratives

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  Contemporary Nigerian narratives have awakened some renewed international interests...

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Dr. Amitabh Mitra: A Creative Approach to Healing

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  Sola Osofisan interviews Dr. Amitabh Mitra, a South African...

A Season of the Great Lake: An Interview with Mukoma wa Ngugi

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An Afriquest Interview series conducted by F.O. Ohanyido. Mukoma, let's...

A Paean to the Son of Idoto: My Thoughts about Christopher Okigbo

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I might as well admit it at the beginning:...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Christtie Jay: Is Your Heart Still Mine?

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IS YOUR HEART STILL MINE? I want to know what...

Abdulbaseet Yusuff: federal character

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federal character I have picked my best suit, black, shiny —...

Rape of Innocence: Poems by Ebele Chizea

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RAPE OF INNOCENCE Bloody Rivers It was Sora who caused the...

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Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare 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...

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

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...

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

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