Saturday, July 27, 2024

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When Nine Lives are just not enough: Fiction by Olurotimi Osha

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“Nigga don’t move!” I was being robbed by an armed,...

How not to catch a Nairobi Cat: Fiction by Abenea Ndago

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This morning: We are in our late sixties. But we...

How the Weather in Dubai Changed the Climate in Ikerre-Oti

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Chemist's son, Walai, has returned from his trading trip...

Tamas Aczel: A Writer Who Inspired Me

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One of the special joys of my time in...

When Words Fail to Leave: A Review of Footmarks

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Title: Footmarks: Poems on One Hundred Years of Nigeria's...

Carlos Izzia Ahmad: The Man And His Poetry – An Essay by Omale Allen Abdul-Jabbar

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Let me commence this stuff with a question: What...

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Interview with Hafsatu Ahmed Abdulwahid

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ADAMU: Could we hear a brief about your life? ABDULWAHID:...

Writing: Experience Bakes the Best Bread – Paul T. Liam

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  Once in a while, one comes across people who...

Interview with James Murua, Founder of JamesMurua.com

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Webmasters, bloggers and editors of literary websites are usually...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

The Woman on my Street: Poems by Amina Dauda Oseme

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THE WOMAN ON MY STREET The swing in her hips, The...

Songbird: Poems by Tade Ipadeola

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Delta Dialysis Let this conniption cure Ailing kidneys of my country, Let...

He Was the Cobra (For Michael Jackson, 1958-2009)

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HE WAS THE COBRA (For Michael Jackson, 1958-2009) He was the...

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Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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

Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

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