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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
Saturday, September 14, 2024
AFRICAN WRITER
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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Poetry
Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
August 31, 2024
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‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Sybil Fekurumoh | Tomorrow For My Worth, Today For Children
April 29, 2023
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The audience is witnessing a moment in a support...
Lips are Dark for a Reason: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
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My lips are dark. Pitch-dark. Black-charcoal dark. Moonless-night dark....
How to Dispose of Good Shoes in Africa: Non-fiction by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor
November 19, 2017
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The shoes on my feet have seen three generations...
Dismas Okombo | Home
October 1, 2023
2
for S.O. You still listen to the same Ohangla music...
Michelle Chepchumba: When Your Life Means Nothing
July 31, 2021
2
It is past midnight. Maybe 1:00 am, maybe 2:00....
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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PLAY
I Would Rather Shun Self-Publishing – Amatoritsero Ede
August 13, 2007
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Amatoritsero Ede, an award winning Nigerian writer based in...
Writers should not self-censor themselves when they write –Uche Peter Umez
April 16, 2011
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At just thirty-five Uche Peter Umez (fully known as...
Chinedu Ogoke: The West is the Giver and Taker of Literary Life
April 30, 2008
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--------------------------------------------------------------- When we talked in September 2003, after the...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Leaves of Remembrance: Poems by Isaac Alesh Melchizedek
June 13, 2016
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asa hover over us the legend says you watch over us like a mother –...
In this City: Poems by Kehinde Agunbiade
July 30, 2018
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IN THIS CITY here in this city, nights come like...
Yet It Tears My Heart: Poems by Agnes Aineah
October 15, 2015
6
Yet It Tears My Heart Stars shine day and night...
Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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Fiction
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Wayne McCray
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
The Education of Area Boy: Fiction by Tony Ogunlowo
Fiction
Tony Ogunlowo
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Zama Madinana | lines for tsitsi
Poetry
Zama Madinana
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Adieu: Two Poems by Tope Akeredolu
Poetry
Tope Akeredolu
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LAST MONTH...
Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
John Edward Ellis
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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