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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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Saturday, July 27, 2024
AFRICAN WRITER
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Fiction
Abigail George | The Entrance of Humanity into History
Abigail George
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Fiction
Adewuyi Taiwo | This Country Eats Dreams
Adewuyi Taiwo
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DIACRITIQUE
Fallout: A Short Story by Wonderful Samson
January 9, 2017
4
Watch her: Ah. Tchayi! She sits there as if in wait of...
Meeting Oprah Winfrey: A Short Story by Pemphero Mphande
May 6, 2018
4
I met Oprah Winfrey weeks ago in a rural...
Abigail George | The Road to Emotional Healing
February 28, 2023
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What a terrible life I lead, she thought to...
Tolu Akinwole | Death “Bi Yi” Proud, Or Questions about Nollywood’s Portrayal of Social Tragedy
The title of this essay, “Death Bi Yi Proud,”...
Contemporary Nigerian Drama: Where ‘Art’ Thou?
September 5, 2016
3
The whole attitude of accepting a belief unquestioningly on...
Decolonizing Ngugi’s Mentality
October 10, 2013
1
Like Sir Mick “Phillip” Jagger of the of the...
Road Trip: Thoughts of Homeland
March 17, 2009
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Blustery. “It’s a road trip,” Hugh says, in his characteristic...
John Ebute | Penance
Fiction
John Ebute
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Hanna Haile | The Ancient on Your Tongue
Fiction
Hanna Haile
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Uchechukwu J. Oputa | The Fifth Stage
Fiction
Uchechukwu J. Oputa
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PLAY
Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún: Renaissance is Badly Needed in African Language Literature
January 28, 2018
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36-year-old Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún is a poet, blogger, linguist and...
The Mystique of Maxim
December 22, 2020
3
(for Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, Boroja I, Obi of Ikate,...
Younger Nigerian Writers Have Better Chances Than We Had – Helon Habila
July 26, 2010
6
Younger Nigerian writers have better chances than we had ...
Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!
…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note There is a...
Scarlet: Poetry by Valentine Okolo
October 31, 2018
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Scarlet Come with me into a city of red lights where men...
Icicles: Poems by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku
December 5, 2013
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Icicles icicles in the deep night round about my eyes from far, far...
Songbird: Poems by Tade Ipadeola
October 14, 2009
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Delta Dialysis Let this conniption cure Ailing kidneys of my country, Let...
LAST MONTH ...
Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand
May 31, 2024
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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...
Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre
May 31, 2024
10
IDANRE Woman you are sad!‘Tis the same with me.—Ralph Armattoe. I.My...
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
FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...
Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation
May 31, 2024
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Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
3
It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears
May 31, 2024
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This is what happens to my tears and the...
RANDOM FLASHBACK
The Race: Poems by Efeduma Eseoghene
Poetry
Efeduma Eseoghene
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Night and Day: Poems by Abigail George
Poetry
Abigail George
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Dried Up Places: Poetry by Ebuka Evans
Poetry
Ebuka Evans
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