Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Dead-End Street: A Short Story by ‘Sola Osofisan

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Her hand trembled as she pushed aside the rain-drenched...

Cow and Chicken: Fiction by Mercy Eni Wandera

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My older step brother, Pat, was a charismatic deviant...

“Mom, when will I stop learning” – An Excerpt from a Kelvin Keshi Novel

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"Mom, when am I going to stop learning?" Bukky...

Making His Way on Unaccustomed Earth: EC Osondu discusses Voice of America with Bernadine Evaristo

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It's a chilly February evening as I make my...

Sankofa is Chibundu Onuzo’s Blueprint for Homecoming

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Book title: Sankofa Author: Chibundu Onuzo Press: Virago (UK) Publication date: June...

Blind Love: by Seotsa ‘Soh’ Manyeli

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It is a long and tedious journey to walk...

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Uzor Maxim Uzoatu: The Legend of Ben Tomoloju

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The arts scene of Lagos, nay Nigeria, owes a...

Awards Do Not Make Good Writers – Chris Abani

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

Sefi Atta: Something Good Comes to Nigerian literature

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Ike Anya speaks with Sefi Atta on her recently...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Reading Cook Books on the Sly: Poems by Abigail George

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Reading Cook Books on the Sly I’ve found the abandoned Collected...

Carver of Dreams: Poetry by Wazani Adamu Ijarafu

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CARVER OF DREAMS To the God of sweet things Carver of...

Okolo Chinua: In My Sleep I Am Romeo

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IN MY SLEEP I AM ROMEO Today I saw someone,...

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Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

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