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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
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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
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....
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...
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
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
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...
Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance
November 30, 2023
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I Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end...
An Ant hefting her Penance: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
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I watched intensely as an ant was hefting her...
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu
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PLAY
I Write Because I Care For People – Uzodinma Iweala
January 10, 2008
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UZODINMA Iweala is the son of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, managing...
Gender in African Literature Today: A Conversation with Asante Lucy Mtenje
July 31, 2020
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Asante Lucy Mtenje is a Malawian academic, creative writer,...
Writing: Experience Bakes the Best Bread – Paul T. Liam
June 18, 2014
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Once in a while, one comes across people who...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Skin Deep: Poems by Efe Ogufere
January 9, 2017
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BAD BLOOD Painful throes rise and crash against her skin As...
Auchi: Poems by Austyn Njoku
May 6, 2007
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AMADIOHA'S MEAT If you eat Amadioha's meat remember, his unholy visit! The...
A Man, Not Knowing What To Do: Poems by Emmanuel Sigauke
August 13, 2007
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A MAN, NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO This. Only this Is...
Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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Fiction
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Andrea Zanin
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
A Lifetime Under the African Sky: A Poem by Carol Basudde
Poetry
Carol Basudde
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The Rainbow is a Peninsula: Poems by Adeola Ikuomola
Poetry
Adeola Ikuomola
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Solace Quest: Poems by Kunle Shittu
Poetry
Kunle Shittu
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LAST MONTH...
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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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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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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“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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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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