Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Go Ahead and Die: A Short Story by Wesley Macheso

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So you decided to follow death in Jo’burg as...

Dear Husband: Fiction by Abigail George

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I always wanted to be a good wife. I am...

The Debate: Fiction by Aoiri Obaigbo

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And we’re back where Super girl and David Effiong...

Captain Elechi Amadi: Another Sun Sets in Biafra

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There are many reasons why a Kenyan should not...

Bob Dylan: Verse Minus Zero, No Limit

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The award of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature...

Jailed in the Black Body: A Review of Caleb Azumah’s Open Water

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Caleb Azumah Nelson's recent novel Open Water (2021) explores...

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Reading Culture and the Government in Kenya: A Publisher’s View

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Stakeholders in the book industry are agreed that Kenya...

The Phenomenal Woman: Remembering Dr. Maya Angelou

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A LIBRARY BURNS TO THE GROUND History suffers a great...

I see a very bright future for Nigerian Literature – Prof. Akachi Ezeigbo

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Prof (Mrs) Akachi Ezeigbo is a name that readily...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Beast: Poetry by Nwachukwu Egbunike

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Alusi You were You are You remain Tears are for the dead Joy is...

Reverends: Poems by Abayomi Zeal Akinmade

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REVERENDS My reverence to Reverends who Pontificate the liturgies To cast away...

No More Black and White: Poems by Nsah Mala

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No More Black and White When on November 5th 2008...

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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

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

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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...

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

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