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AFRICAN WRITER
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John Ebute | Penance
John Ebute
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Fiction
Hanna Haile | The Ancient on Your Tongue
Hanna Haile
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DIACRITIQUE
Ghosts in the Dark: Fiction by Emmanuel Tochukwu Okafor
December 13, 2014
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My father is no father at all. He is...
Iridescent Hope: A Short Story by Jola Naibi
September 10, 2009
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She smelt it before she saw it and the...
Before His Legend: A Short Story by Jude Ifeme
July 29, 2010
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Like a window to a home Is the eye to...
Tolu Akinwole | Death “Bi Yi” Proud, Or Questions about Nollywood’s Portrayal of Social Tragedy
The title of this essay, “Death Bi Yi Proud,”...
Chasing After Shadows: A Review of Maik Nwosu’s ‘Alpha Song’
January 24, 2010
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IMPRINT: LAGOS: HOUSE OF MALAIKA & BEACON BOOKS, 2001 The...
The Activist Dies in Tanure Ojaide’s Dreams
May 3, 2007
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So the other day, my friend Okwy Okeke called...
Jailed in the Black Body: A Review of Caleb Azumah’s Open Water
September 29, 2022
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Caleb Azumah Nelson's recent novel Open Water (2021) explores...
Adewuyi Taiwo | This Country Eats Dreams
Fiction
Adewuyi Taiwo
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Abigail George | The Entrance of Humanity into History
Fiction
Abigail George
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Uchechukwu J. Oputa | The Fifth Stage
Fiction
Uchechukwu J. Oputa
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PLAY
Namwali Serpell: Planting Seeds in a Garden of Intention
November 19, 2017
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Namwali Serpell. Born in Lusaka, Zambia. The ethereal forms...
Victor Ehikhamenor: Confronting an Empty Canvas
September 10, 2013
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My muse is like the shell to its tortoise, we go everywhere together. But she is more active while I am in Nigeria...
G’Ebinyo Ogbowei: On Empires, Prickly Poetry and the Coming Hour of Reckoning
April 1, 2014
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Uche Peter Umez interviews G’Ebinyo Ogbowei, former Head of...
Tolu Fagbure | Case Closed!
…tying the knot of Nigerian unity Characters ManWoman Performance Note There is a...
Immortality: Poetry by Abalanne Xafulo Ugochukwu
September 30, 2018
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Immortality I intercepted a letter from hell sent by an angel...
Nwaoha Chibuzor Anthony: Moths and Flames
March 31, 2020
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MOTHS AND FLAMES "Pain, betrayal, love and a teaspoon of...
Mid-life Crisis of a Major god: Poems by Stanley Princewill McDaniels
July 30, 2018
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Mid-life Crisis of a Major god . Most days I feel have...
LAST MONTH ...
Talent Madhuku | The Video Recordings
May 31, 2024
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She can’t sleep. It must be the worry, seasoned...
Paul Chibuike Emenike | Idanre
May 31, 2024
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IDANRE Woman you are sad!‘Tis the same with me.—Ralph Armattoe. I.My...
Azubuike Obi | Welcome to a New Dispensation
May 31, 2024
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Sista mi, how you naw? It has been...
Abu Ibrahim | Final Banquet of Desires
FINAL BANQUET OF DESIRES It is prison culture to give...
Abenea Ndago: A Funeral in Ladybrand
May 31, 2024
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I am Tafadzwa. When I left Harare last month...
Abigail George | This is what happens to my tears
May 31, 2024
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This is what happens to my tears and the...
Ubong Johnson | Let Us All Go
May 31, 2024
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It’s so cold. My nostrils are clogged. My cheeks...
RANDOM FLASHBACK
The Sound of Silence: Poems by Ade’dapo Treasure
Poetry
Ade'dapo Treasure
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Drops of Jupiter in her Hair: Fiction by Abigail George
Fiction
Abigail George
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Just Another Vision of Winter: Poems by Abigail George
Poetry
Abigail George
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