Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Smooth Lanes: A Short Story by H. Abiola

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“Shade!  Shadaaaaayyy, Shaaaadaayyyyyyyyyyyy.”The time has come to be pretty....

Kingpin: Fiction by Ben Chiadika

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He stood there in semi darkness almost in a...

Chima Nelson | Baba Bello’s Last Words

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If I don’t cry now, una go say na...

For John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo: Triumphing Over an Imaginary Tragedy

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I revere Buchi Emecheta, Ola Rotimi, Flora Nwapa, Elechi...

Reflections on Echezonachukwu Nduka’s ‘Waterman’

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#QUICKREADS Reflections on Echezonachukwu Nduka’s Waterman (Griots Lounge Publishing, 2020; ISBN...

Immigrants, Irritants, Relocations & Dislocations in Text: A Review

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Title: Splinters of a Mirage Dawn: An Anthology of...

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Saddiq M. Dzukogi: Conceiving, Incubating & Delivering Poetry

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Wale Owoade interviews Saddiq M. Dzukogi, poet and author...

Good Night, Nike Adesuyi: So Long a Night!

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CYCLES (For Nosa) Days come, Days go, Each writes a distinct Paragraph in the...

The Quintessence of Soyinkaism: By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

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The presentation of the book Journeys Around and with...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Wazani Adamu Ijarafu: A Revolution Song

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A Revolution Song   this song of mine is a revolution song that...

Poets are Poor: Two Poems by John Chizoba Vincent

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POETS ARE POOR Omawumi birthed venom yesterday She won’t marry me...

Hausa Love Poems: Written & translated by Ismail Bala

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Hausa poems followed by their translations: YAWON DUNIYA Jiya a yawon...

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Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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...

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

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

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