Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Going Home: Fiction by Stanley Igboanugo

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Piercing. More piercing. Around my abdomen. I shriek, pleading. But...

The Colours he Chose: Fiction by Abenea Ndago

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After the small war our fringes were painful like...

Grindstone: A Short Story by Chuma Nwokolo Jr.

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If you fit plant an’ grind corn, Ma'Tete said...

I Am the Wind: by Seotsa ‘Soh’ Manyeli

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After all is said and done, I will still...

2013 Is the Year of Great Deaths

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This year alone the world has lost more than...

The Role of Contemporary African Literature in Painting a True Image of Africa

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For years, more so during the colonial era, Africans...

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Awards Do Not Make Good Writers – Chris Abani

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Writers, at one point or the other, have had...

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

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

Violet Barungi: I try to highlight social issues affecting women

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1.    You began writing while still a student at...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

When We Started Taking Notes: Poems by Antony Okpunor

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WHEN WE STARTED TAKING NOTES So we could touch the...

Mahbubat Kanyinsola Salahudeen: Letter To What I Don’t Know

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//Letter To What I Don't Know// these days I am...

Jolademi: Poems by Lola Shoneyin

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Jolademi He creeps into my bedroom when the night is most...

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Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

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...

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

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