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AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
AFRICAN WRITER
African Literature, Writers and Ideas
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
AFRICAN WRITER
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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
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...
Sybil Fekurumoh | Tomorrow For My Worth, Today For Children
April 29, 2023
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The audience is witnessing a moment in a support...
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...
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...
Ritah Tumushabe | Sacred Threads: A Personal Journey of Faith and Loss
July 31, 2023
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Today, I have decided to retire my rosary. This...
Nzube Nlebedim: The Newcomer into America is Uncertain
February 28, 2022
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The newcomer into America from Lagos is a confused,...
Wayne McCray | No Rest for the Wicked
Fiction
Wayne McCray
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Andrea Zanin | Ghosts
Fiction
Andrea Zanin
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Shannon Kenny | The Vigil – a bedtime story
Fiction
Shannon Kenny
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PLAY
Dr. Amitabh Mitra: A Creative Approach to Healing
January 2, 2014
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Sola Osofisan interviews Dr. Amitabh Mitra, a South African...
Wesley Macheso: Fiction is greater than the reality it mirrors
May 9, 2016
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Wesley Macheso teaches Creative Writing and Literature at Mzuzu...
Nengi Ilagha: Words are the instruments of our warfare in the spirit, as in the flesh
August 8, 2016
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NENGI JOSEF OWEI-ILAGHA, fondly called Pope Pen the First,...
Kosoluchi Agboanike | PALM
A PLAY PERSONS: OLAOHA, OBINNE, IKEDIKE, NWELUMMA, ANIMOKE, EZEMMUO, VILLAGERS. I Night...
When the Year Is New: A Poem by Kunle Jaiyesimi
January 9, 2017
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WHEN THE YEAR IS NEW Year's end is neither an...
On the Wings of the Wind: Poems by Akeem Lasisi
November 28, 2013
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INTRO Let me sing my widow’s mite Into the immortal thrift Of...
Kuramo Waters: Poems by Ike Anya
May 25, 2005
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SALUTE TO A MASTER (for Obiora Udechukwu) You who with paint...
Fiction
Lucy Mwelu | The Sound of Freedom
Lucy Mwelu
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Fiction
Chimezie Okoro | Heat of the Afternoon Sun
Chimezie Okoro
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RANDOM FLASHBACK
Nuzo Onoh: Terrified of Planes, Heights, Oceans, Thunder, Roaches…
People
Sola Osofisan
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Huntergod: Poems by Omotoyosi Salami
Poetry
Omotoyosi Salami
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One Leadless Grappler: Poems by Ejovwoke Ophori
Poetry
Ejovwoke Ophori
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LAST MONTH...
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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“Literature Can Catalyze Transformation in Society”: A Conversation with Francis Egbokhare
Tolu Akinwole
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Mark Kennedy Nsereko | The White Women of Ben Kiwanuka Street
Mark Kennedy Nsereko
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Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza | Penance
Georgette Uwera Nyiraneza
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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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Daniel Joe | The Hope of Life
Daniel Joe
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