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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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Saturday, September 14, 2024
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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Poetry
Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Ritah Tumushabe | Sacred Threads: A Personal Journey of Faith and Loss
July 31, 2023
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Today, I have decided to retire my rosary. This...
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
July 31, 2024
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It was a very cold February day in Cambridge,...
The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
July 31, 2024
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The closed door notwithstanding, the proceedings bore audibly into...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Lips are Dark for a Reason: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
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My lips are dark. Pitch-dark. Black-charcoal dark. Moonless-night dark....
Michelle Chepchumba: When Your Life Means Nothing
July 31, 2021
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It is past midnight. Maybe 1:00 am, maybe 2:00....
Rumbie Mugadza | No!
April 29, 2023
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“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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PLAY
Davina Owombre: Secrets determine what people do
November 11, 2015
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Davina Owombre is a Nigerian writer whose stories are...
In the Footsteps of Achebe: Enter Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
October 15, 2005
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A few years ago, over drinks with Ladipo Soetan,...
Idzia Ahmad: A Meteor, a Vagrant Arab
May 4, 2007
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In many ways, Idzia Ahmad was my friend and...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Abstract and Muse: Poetry by Precious Okpechi
April 1, 2018
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ABSTRACT AND MUSE in my line of sight i see molds...
Soliloquy Over Drinks: Poems by Udochukwu Ikwuagwu
August 11, 2014
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SOLILOQUY OVER DRINKS Horde of demons quicken my flesh as I...
Harmattan: A Poem by Oladipupo Akolade R.
December 13, 2014
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It's Harmattan When the fields are damp with dew, And the...
Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Melody: Poems by Wazani Adamu Ijarafu
Poetry
Wazani Adamu Ijarafu
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Lagos and a Life of the Poets
Essays & Reviews
Obi Nwakanma
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Ryan Cresswell | Scrubland
Poetry
Ryan Cresswell
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LAST MONTH...
“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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