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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
Thursday, September 12, 2024
AFRICAN WRITER
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Poetry
Sosy Imafidon | Red Breath
Sosy Imafidon
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Poetry
Justin Demmitt | Hold my hand
Justin Demmitt
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Sybil Fekurumoh | Tomorrow For My Worth, Today For Children
April 29, 2023
4
The audience is witnessing a moment in a support...
The Economy of Loss: Creative non-fiction by Dami Ajayi
September 11, 2009
2
There’s been a death in the family. You can...
Aadhiya Tulsi | Dichotomy, Diaspora, Dissonance
November 30, 2023
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I Childhood; first imprints The bell rings, marking the end...
Lawrence Winkler | Pawns on the Nile
‘He who rides the sea of the Nile must...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
3
It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
Rumbie Mugadza | No!
April 29, 2023
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“No” And The Dragon That Could Not Be Slain Your...
How to Dispose of Good Shoes in Africa: Non-fiction by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor
November 19, 2017
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The shoes on my feet have seen three generations...
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Fiction
Chimezie Okoro
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PLAY
Anezi Okoro: Celebrating the Master Story Teller in Enugu
August 22, 2016
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Enugu had not quite witnessed a literary event of...
Ikhide Ikheloa: Analog Origins, Digital Destinations
March 2, 2014
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Sola Osofisan interviews Ikhide Ikheloa, a book interrogator, blogger...
Idzia Ahmad: A Meteor, a Vagrant Arab
May 4, 2007
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In many ways, Idzia Ahmad was my friend and...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
Matters by the Mountain: Poems by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku
March 4, 2014
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Matters by the Mountain… where the mountain and tree meet...
Burnt: Poetry by Darlington Chukwunyere
November 30, 2018
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BURNT -for Kechi Okwuchi, the miracle Sosoliso air crash survivor. Burnt...
One Leadless Grappler: Poems by Ejovwoke Ophori
September 10, 2007
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Today Na Today For Delta To pluck tranquility from her...
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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Fiction
Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Shannon Kenny
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Beyond Social Commitment, Meaning and Audience: Towards the Soyinkanisation of Nigerian Literature
Essays & Reviews
E. E. Sule
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The Beautiful Ones are Born: Poems by Dike Chukwumerije
Poetry
Dike Chukwumerije
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Broken Lines – A Longer Poem by Isidore Emeka Uzoatu
Poetry
Isidore Emeka Uzoatu
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LAST MONTH...
The Sight of the Sound: Instructions for the Slaughter of Small Ruminants and Monogastric Animals
John Edward Ellis
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed | The Path to Healing
Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed
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Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | Icarusting
Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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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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Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú | Polygamy and Parkinson’s Disease
Ọ̀ṣúnrèmí Akérédolú
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Taiwo Akinyemi | The First Night
Taiwo Akinyemi
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Mayuyuka Kaunda | Blink
Mayuyuka Kaunda
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