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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
Hanna Haile | The Ancient on Your Tongue
Hanna Haile
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DIACRITIQUE
Arekpitan Ikhenaode: Naked Noah and the Barrel of Wine
March 31, 2021
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Ham finished the last set of trellises as the...
Diary of a Sulking Man: Fiction by Abenea Ndago
November 9, 2015
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July 17: BARRACK OBAMA COMING IN A WEEK’S TIME… — was...
The Funeral: A Short Story by Rosie R.
September 10, 2007
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The next day, Chinyere the last born child of...
Tolu Akinwole | Death “Bi Yi” Proud, Or Questions about Nollywood’s Portrayal of Social Tragedy
The title of this essay, “Death Bi Yi Proud,”...
Reconstructing Africa: Can Writers Take Sides in Ideological Conflicts?
January 18, 2016
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The question over whether writers should take sides in...
Indigo: Molara Wood’s Healing Balms
April 22, 2014
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When I think of the word indigo, sapphire comes...
Cecil Rhodes through the Lens of Xenophobia: A Review
May 3, 2017
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A Review of #Rhodes Must Fall: Nibbling at Resilient...
Adewuyi Taiwo | This Country Eats Dreams
Fiction
Adewuyi Taiwo
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Uchechukwu J. Oputa | The Fifth Stage
Fiction
Uchechukwu J. Oputa
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John Ebute | Penance
Fiction
John Ebute
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PLAY
Rocha Chimerah: No language is incapable of addressing global issues
April 2, 2018
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Rocha Chimerah received his B. Ed and M. Ed...
Sanya Osha: Doing Violence to the Idea of the Novel
September 16, 2013
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Sola Osofisan interviews poet, novelist and philosopher Sanya Osha,...
“My repression is as legitimate as your freedom”: A Conversation with Yẹ́misí Aríbisálà
February 20, 2017
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Yẹ́misí Aríbisálà, formerly Yẹ́misí Ogbe, is a food memoirist...
Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!
…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note There is a...
Monkeyana: Poems by Stefn Sylvester Anyatonwu
June 4, 2017
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MONKEYANA I do not know my origin maybe I do but doubt...
Abiodun Salako: In Memoriam
July 31, 2021
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In Memoriam Gone. The saddest word in the language. In any language. Mark...
Passage of Time: Poems by JKS Makokha
January 4, 2014
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She.... She sits on the smaller square gravestone throwing tiny pebbles of...
LAST MONTH ...
Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre
May 31, 2024
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IDANRE Woman you are sad!‘Tis the same with me.—Ralph Armattoe. I.My...
Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand
May 31, 2024
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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
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...
Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings
May 31, 2024
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She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...
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
In Isikan, with the Wobes: Fiction by Feyisayo Anjorin
Fiction
Feyisayo Anjorin
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Still World: Poems by Olufunmi Aluko
Poetry
Olufunmi Aluko
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Rachael Aiyke: Grief; Quiet & Heavy
Fiction
Rachael Aiyke
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