Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Abigail George | The Entrance of Humanity into History

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My father, Vernon Aspara and I were vessels. Glass...

Andrew C. Dakalira: In Retrospect

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I know I am going to die. Death could not...

No Thoroughfare: A Short Story by Bunmi Oyinsan

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Last night I dreamt but it was really a...

In the name of our sisters: Everything Good Will Come

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So she called me the other day, fruit of...

The Power of Fiction: A Writer’s Journey

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When the question is asked: What is fiction? Literary...

Tragedy of the African Street Child: A Review of Makena Onjerika’s “Fanta Blackcurrant”

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The phenomenon of street children has been an issue...

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Chika Unigwe on Modern-day Sex Slavery and the Politics of Belonging

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Chika Unigwe, after several years living in Belgium, recently...

The Quintessence of Soyinkaism: By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

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

Nengi Ilagha: Words are the instruments of our warfare in the spirit, as in the flesh

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NENGI JOSEF OWEI-ILAGHA, fondly called Pope Pen the First,...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Hollow in a Man: Poems by Mary Opaluwa

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ANNIVERSARY OF MY SOLITUDE My gaze has been on the...

Harmattan: A Poem by Oladipupo Akolade R.

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It's Harmattan When the fields are damp with dew, And the...

Suns of the Dead: Poems by Anthony Okpunor

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SUNS OF THE DEAD And so we have been told...

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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...

Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go

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

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

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

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...

Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand

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

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