Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Wet Hair: A Short Story by Eghosa Imasuen

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"That is not dead, which can eternal lie. Yet...

Hitmen: Flash Fiction by Kenechukwu ‘Childless’ Obiezu

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Solwezi, Zambia. Visola felt the long bruise behind her neck...

Remembering Sara: Fiction by Abenea Ndago

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She discovered what their neighbour’s wife had done around...

Man, Universe And Drama: An Essay By Omale Allen Abdul Jabbar

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The world is too much with us Getting and spending...

The Meaning of Being a Genius

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I was at a commemorative gathering at O2 arena...

Alexander Nderitu Introduces Africa

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‘So geographers in Afric maps, With savage pictures fill the...

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Images that Linger, Words that Bite

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  And now the horn may paw the air, Howling goodbye. -...

Chinedu Ogoke: The West is the Giver and Taker of Literary Life

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                              --------------------------------------------------------------- When we talked in September 2003, after the...

“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...

Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!

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

Monkeyana: Poems by Stefn Sylvester Anyatonwu

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MONKEYANA I do not know my origin maybe I do but doubt...

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...

Velvet Bidding: Poems by Agnes Aineah

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VELVET BIDDING On the first morning I swept a glance...

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Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation

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

Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires

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

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

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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