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Husband of My Own: A Short Story by Emmanuel Onyedi Wingate

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When the Balance Is Restored: by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema

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Rose took another deep breath and wondered what a world without men would be like. A planet without unthinking, brutal, conscienceless, testerone-driven males? Of course there were exceptions like Adrian but, according to Folake, ‘‘scratch a devil and you get the fungus of hell in all demons.’’ It was probably hyperbolic...

Plangdi Neple: Birthday Blues

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Fareed's excitement at meeting the house demon had him...

Of Blood and Sacrifice: A Review of Chris Anyokwu’s Blood Lines & Other Plays

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  Book:              Blood Lines & Other Plays Author:           Chris...

That Chinua Achebe May Not Go On Trial…

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Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka are surrogate fathers that...

These Things Around Our Necks: A Review by Ikhide R. Ikheloa

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s latest work, The Thing Around Your...

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E B E R E O N W U!

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  As I write this painful piece, his mangled body...

I Want To Be Part Of The Nigerian Literary Community – Ken Wiwa

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KEN Bornale Wiwa sits behind his glass topped, forged...

“I’d love to see more Africans writing about Africa” – Segun Afolabi

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Segun Afolabi is the winner of the 2005 Caine...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

‘With no Picture but you: Poems by Wazani Adamu Ijarafu

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'WITH NO PICTURE BUT YOU You're the canvas upon which...

Rootless: A Poem by Moffat Sebola

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ROOTLESS I feel it’s worth speaking fair, Allowing my being full...

In A Plain Language: Poems by Adeola Ikuomola

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IN A PLAIN LANGUAGE Within the breached economic peak The regional...

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Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...

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...

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