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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
Wednesday, September 18, 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
Ritah Tumushabe | Sacred Threads: A Personal Journey of Faith and Loss
July 31, 2023
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Today, I have decided to retire my rosary. This...
Prince Ihè | Here, We Sing A Sad Song
December 30, 2023
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"We only live once. We only die once. How...
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...
Death of a Patriot: Creative Non-Fiction by A. Igoni Barrett
May 16, 2007
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Make you no go anywhere/Jus’ e wait dere make...
The Economy of Loss: Creative non-fiction by Dami Ajayi
September 11, 2009
2
There’s been a death in the family. You can...
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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PLAY
Shadreck Chikoti: Speculative fiction is wide in its scope
May 6, 2018
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Shadreck Chikoti is passionate about the development of writing...
The role of any writer is to write – The Tolulope Ogunlesi Interview
May 26, 2007
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TOLULOPE GBENGA OGUNLESI could be counted among the few...
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 ...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Heaven’s Passage: Poems by Toyin Bakare
August 8, 2016
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HEAVEN’S PASSAGE (For Umar Shola Bakare) We shall One day Tiptoe As a gentle...
Books: Experimental Haiku by Abigail George
October 31, 2014
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Lauren Beast in the kitchen – Drowned thing with her rosary. At...
Invisible Child of Commerce: Poems by Eyitayo Aloh
October 10, 2013
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Invisible Child of Commerce I am the invisible child of...
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Autobiography of a Poet: Three Poems by Abigail George
Poetry
Abigail George
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Echoes: Fiction by Abenea Ndago
Fiction
Abenea Ndago
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My Precious, Precious Cream: Fiction by Olurotimi Osha
Fiction
Olurotimi Osha
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LAST MONTH...
“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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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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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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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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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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