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AFRICAN WRITER
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Fiction
John Ebute | Penance
John Ebute
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Fiction
Adewuyi Taiwo | This Country Eats Dreams
Adewuyi Taiwo
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DIACRITIQUE
Billy K. Boruett: Curtain Call
August 31, 2020
4
“Not too far from where I live there’s a...
Trespassing: Fiction by Yokoniya Chilanga
October 10, 2017
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My only wish now is to die. I should...
The Year Democracy Came: Fiction by Abenea Ndago
January 5, 2015
5
When the bandits crept into the widow’s homestead that...
Tolu Akinwole | Death “Bi Yi” Proud, Or Questions about Nollywood’s Portrayal of Social Tragedy
The title of this essay, “Death Bi Yi Proud,”...
And I lost my great friend Dennis Brutus
February 16, 2010
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The text message was short and sharp and to...
Materialism and Stereotype in Born on a Tuesday
December 19, 2017
1
Nigerian literature is again witnessing an upsurge in production...
Experimental Prose by Abigail George
March 13, 2016
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THE CHILLING DETACHMENT OF THE ELITE Suddenly I understood my...
Abigail George | The Entrance of Humanity into History
Fiction
Abigail George
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Uchechukwu J. Oputa | The Fifth Stage
Fiction
Uchechukwu J. Oputa
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Hanna Haile | The Ancient on Your Tongue
Fiction
Hanna Haile
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PLAY
My Book Is A Product Of Frustration – Odili Ujubuonu
May 4, 2007
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Odili Ujubuonu, winner of this year's ANA/JACARANDA Prize for...
A Daughter’s Burden: Obiageli Ibrahimat Okigbo & the Christopher Okigbo Legacy
August 13, 2007
3
‘’Have you seen Nduka Otiono?’’ ‘’No I haven’t. Am...
Good Night, Nike Adesuyi: So Long a Night!
October 22, 2016
4
CYCLES (For Nosa) Days come, Days go, Each writes a distinct Paragraph in the...
Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!
…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note There is a...
The Coming Night: Poems by D.M.D. Goodhead
January 9, 2009
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The Coming Night Now the sun in full strength sweeps...
Ohikhuare Isuku: Poems from a Depressed Soul who is not Afraid to Die
May 6, 2018
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IT’S NOT DEATH I’M SCARED OF Still, there are virgin...
Abdulkareem Abdulkareem: Elegy for Mane
January 31, 2022
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Elegy for Mane For Mane Ara & again, I hear your...
LAST MONTH ...
Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings
May 31, 2024
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She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...
Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires
May 31, 2024
1
FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...
Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand
May 31, 2024
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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...
Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears
This is what happens to my tears and the...
Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre
May 31, 2024
10
IDANRE Woman you are sad!‘Tis the same with me.—Ralph Armattoe. I.My...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
3
It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation
May 31, 2024
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Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...
RANDOM FLASHBACK
A Walk through these Empty Rooms: Poetry by Abigail George
Poetry
Abigail George
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Abejide Michael Ayodeji: And there is a God…
Poetry
Dejido Bejide
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Like a City without Fences: Fiction by Chizoma Emeka Joshua
Fiction
Chizoma Emeka Joshua
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