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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
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Saturday, September 14, 2024
AFRICAN WRITER
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Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Death of a Patriot: Creative Non-Fiction by A. Igoni Barrett
May 16, 2007
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Make you no go anywhere/Jus’ e wait dere make...
Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance
November 30, 2023
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I Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end...
Rumbie Mugadza | No!
April 29, 2023
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“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
Lips are Dark for a Reason: Non-fiction by Aremu Adams Adebisi
November 19, 2017
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My lips are dark. Pitch-dark. Black-charcoal dark. Moonless-night dark....
The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
July 31, 2024
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The closed door notwithstanding, the proceedings bore audibly into...
Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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PLAY
The Ladies at the White Board: A Memoir Excerpt by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema
February 2, 2015
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PART 1 When I walked into the then staff room...
Iquo Eke: Deconstructing Preconceived Notions – An Interview
December 27, 2013
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"Poetry for me is release…a means to deconstructing preconceived...
Saddiq M. Dzukogi: Conceiving, Incubating & Delivering Poetry
May 6, 2014
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Wale Owoade interviews Saddiq M. Dzukogi, poet and author...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
A Thousand Origami: Poems by Emuobome Jemikalajah
February 16, 2016
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A THOUSAND ORIGAMI I am a worn-out piece of paper. For...
Fear: Poems by Goodnews Mememugh Karibo
March 31, 2017
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FEAR a brushstroke of blue water the signature of oncoming rain a...
Gone too soon: Poems by Awogbemila Temitope Ayodeji
February 24, 2018
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GONE TOO SOON In my quest for another, I saw and...
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Inside the Caves of Rotten Teeth – A Review by Ivor W. Hartmann
Essays & Reviews
Ivor W. Hartmann
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Olayioye Paul Bamidele: i gaslight the bark of a baobab tree
Poetry
Olayioye Paul Bamidele
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Tshifhiwa Itai Ratshiungo: Mma
Poetry
Tshifhiwa Itai Ratshiungo
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LAST MONTH...
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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