Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Lady Bolt: Fiction by Eze Ifeanyichukwu Peter

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He pulled. She struggled. He pressed. She wriggled. Harder...

A Stain on a Butterfly: Fiction by Yiro Abari High

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“Those who exalt themselves shall be humbled, and those...

Then Came Silence: Fiction by Okafor Ugochi Winnie

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A scream. Then silence. The blood-stained object falls, clattering as it...

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....

Memory Work and the Gut Symmetry of Writing

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  The very act of writing anything is emotional. It...

What Somaliland Taught Me

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Whether Americans or Africans, my friends reacted in much...

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Pius Adesanmi: On A Re-Branding Mission Overseas

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A young Nigerian lecturer in a Canadian university explains...

Why I write in the dead of night – Ogaga Ifowodo

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Like most prominent writers, Ogaga Ifowodo started his writing...

Ali Znaidi: A poem is a kind of selfie captured in words

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Ali Znaidi is a widely anthologised writer. A Tunisian...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Myths and Legends: Poems by Fungisayi Sasa

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Anthem You are beautiful, my Zimbabwe, though the sharp words of...

The Bride: Poetry by Vincent de Paul

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THE BRIDE I last saw her on her wedding day She...

Stars above Cairo, Egypt: Poems by Abigail George

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Stars above Cairo, Egypt I see people all the Time but...

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Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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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...

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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This is what happens to my tears and the...

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...

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