Saturday, July 27, 2024

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A Difficult Kind of Belief: A Short Stoy by Segun Akinyode

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‘That is impossible, I’ve had enough of this rubbish;...

Seven Days: Fiction by Sibbyl Whyte

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The room smelt like buttocks, unwashed buttocks. I stepped...

Cake by the Ocean: A Short Story by Abigail George

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Youth excites me. The youth in men. The youth...

The Audacity of Pain: A Review of Jumoke Verissimo’s I Am Memory

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I am Memory Author: Jumoke Verissimo Genre: Poetry Pages: 56 ISBN No: 978-978-088-065-1 Personally,...

How Kwani? Failed to Name Mungiki Sect Slaughter of Kenyans in 2008 Post-Election Violence

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CONCLUSION One would readily recall a Kenyan literary critic who,...

Sunbeams and Shadows: Reflections of a Poet’s Realities

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Book title:      Sunbeams and Shadows Author:          Saddiq Dzukogi Genre:            Poetry Publisher:     Origami,...

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Playing with Poetry: A Conversation with Tade Ipadeola

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"I do think that our greatest investments should be...

“I Regret Nigeria Has Given Me Nothing But Insistent Pain From Childhood” – Obiwu

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Not everybody likes living in exile, yet it could...

Victor Ehikhamenor: Confronting an Empty Canvas

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My muse is like the shell to its tortoise, we go everywhere together. But she is more active while I am in Nigeria...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Writer’s Block: Poems by Michael ‘Wudz’ Ochoki

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WRITER’S BLOCK I could just lay here and day-dream myself into a question as the...

As Tomorrow Unfolds: Poems by Geosi Gyasi

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As Tomorrow Unfolds The clouds shielded territory Sitting by the fireside Listening...

Sodiq Oyekanmi: notebook fragments

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notebook fragments. a for autumn. the family tree is               ...

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Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre

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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...

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

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

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings

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

Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears

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

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