Thursday, September 19, 2024

CREATIVE NONFICTION

How to Dispose of Good Shoes in Africa: Non-fiction by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor

The shoes on my feet have seen three generations...

Dismas Okombo | Home

for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...

Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile

‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...

Michelle Chepchumba: When Your Life Means Nothing

It is past midnight. Maybe 1:00 am, maybe 2:00....

Sybil Fekurumoh | Tomorrow For My Worth, Today For Children

The audience is witnessing a moment in a support...

Ritah Tumushabe | Sacred Threads: A Personal Journey of Faith and Loss

Today, I have decided to retire my rosary. This...

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E.E. Sule: A Burden to Get it Right

The problems with my earlier books are not really my problems, they are Nigeria’s problems! Almost all books published in Nigeria have similar problems. So, instead of running away, so to say, from our problem by not listing our poorly produced books in Nigeria, we should face the problems!

Titilope Sonuga: I believe in truth-telling as a pathway to healing

Títílopẹ́ Sónúgà (she writes it as “Titilope Sonuga”) is...

In the Footsteps of Achebe: Enter Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A few years ago, over drinks with Ladipo Soetan,...

Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM

A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...

Nkateko Masinga: Catharsis

catharsis under our bed, I find a greying photograph of the...

Two Summers: Poems by Akin Adesokan

TWO SUMMERS I Last summer, every summer, The coastal capital washed in...

Odyssey: Poems by David Diai

  BREW . . . a stirring brews in the tankard of...

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