Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Fading Pictures: Fiction by Obinna Udenwe

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We can only do a little to change our...

Omobola Osamor | Smoke

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The wrought iron gate has no latch in sight,...

The President: Fiction by Vincent de Paul

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It has been thirty years since nuclear energy was...

The Reunion: A Creative Essay by Seotsa ‘Soh’ Manyeli

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It is a line; small and tentatively drawn by...

Thought Experiments: Eghosa Imasuen on Writing ‘To Saint Patrick’

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  I’ve tried many times to put on paper my...

There Is Something like Gender Equality: An Essay

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Should we redefine the terminology “Feminism” to exclude gender...

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Kabu Okai-Davies: Expatriate of the Imagination, Emigrant of Dreams

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Sola Osofisan interviews Kabu Okai-Davies, Australia-based Ghanaian poet, playwright,...

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...

“My repression is as legitimate as your freedom”: A Conversation with Yẹ́misí Aríbisálà

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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...

Homage to Hostages: Poems by Dike Okoro

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TOO SOON GONE (In memory of Phaswane Mpe & Sello...

Little Sailor Boy: A Poem for Mama by Omale Allen Abdul-jabbar

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LITTLE SAILOR BOY: A Poem for Mama (For Hajia Ajumayi...

A Matter of Size: Poems by Charlina Daitouah

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Back to Earth So deathly bored am I, of all...

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Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

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...

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

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