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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
Uchechukwu J. Oputa | The Fifth Stage
Uchechukwu J. Oputa
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Fiction
Abigail George | The Entrance of Humanity into History
Abigail George
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DIACRITIQUE
Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand
May 31, 2024
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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...
What happens when you steal from the Dead? Fiction by Nana Aisha Salaudeen
July 4, 2017
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They don’t let you sleep. They come back every...
Opportunity Cost: Fiction by Etornam Agbodo
March 4, 2017
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The sun was merciless. The streets were jammed. But...
Tolu Akinwole | Death “Bi Yi” Proud, Or Questions about Nollywood’s Portrayal of Social Tragedy
The title of this essay, “Death Bi Yi Proud,”...
Just Right: A Review of Keletso Mopai’s ‘If You Keep Digging’
October 31, 2020
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Title: If You Keep Digging Author: Keletso Mopai Publisher: Black Bird...
The Bird at the Waterfall: By Seotsa ‘Soh’ Manyeli
June 18, 2014
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I see a bird at the foot of a...
The African Writer in the Post Decolonization Era
November 14, 2016
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It would take many years to forget the fact...
Adewuyi Taiwo | This Country Eats Dreams
Fiction
Adewuyi Taiwo
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John Ebute | Penance
Fiction
John Ebute
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Hanna Haile | The Ancient on Your Tongue
Fiction
Hanna Haile
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PLAY
Younger Nigerian Writers Have Better Chances Than We Had – Helon Habila
July 26, 2010
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Younger Nigerian writers have better chances than we had ...
A Season of the Great Lake: An Interview with Mukoma wa Ngugi
July 2, 2007
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An Afriquest Interview series conducted by F.O. Ohanyido. Mukoma, let's...
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...
Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!
…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note There is a...
Omodero David Oghenekaro: For a Tenderness Buried beneath Scars
March 31, 2021
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For a Tenderness Buried beneath Scars i There is a tenderness...
The Way of Things: Poems by Emmanuel Idem
November 30, 2018
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THE WAY OF THINGS Never did I love with more...
Dejido Bejide: The Gods of the Long Years
June 30, 2020
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THE GODS OF THE LONG YEARS At the dawn of...
LAST MONTH ...
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...
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...
Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires
May 31, 2024
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FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...
Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings
She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation
May 31, 2024
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Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...
RANDOM FLASHBACK
Augustine Muwega: An Inside-Out Heart
Fiction
Augustine Muwega
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New wines, New skins: Poetry by Adenle Iyanuoluwa Deborah
Poetry
Adenle Iyanuoluwa Deborah
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For ‘Nita: Poetry by Medemaku Selome Lawrence
Poetry
Medemaku Selome Lawrence
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