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Impossible Death of Lance Spearman & African Film

The Younger Generation Of Contemporary Nigerian Poetry – Which Way?

To Hair is Human, to Forgive is Design

The Yahoo Generation and the Triple Tropes of Sleaze

The Activist Dies in Tanure Ojaide’s Dreams

Dying Stars…A Review

Beyond Social Commitment, Meaning and Audience: Towards the Soyinkanisation of Nigerian Literature

A Celebration of Zaynab Alkali’s ‘The Descendants’

The Path: by Oscar Mubila

A Review of Lola Shoneyin’s For The Love of Flight

In Defense of Simplicity of Language in Nigerian Narratives

Between Fantasy and Reality in Maiwada’s Musdoki

Violence and Identity: a Review of Dul Johnson’s ‘Deeper into the Night’

Diary of a Forlorn Black Woman: A Story by Ciru Israel

Yaa’s Legacy: Under the Odum Tree

Social Cause, Consequence and Commitment in African Fiction: A Focus on Meja Mwangi’s ‘Kill Me Quick’

Female Representation in Nigerian Literature: An Essay by Razinat Muhammed

Lola Shoneyin’s Love of Flight: A Review by Obemata

Niyi Osundare’s Tender Moments in the UK

Of Blood and Sacrifice: A Review of Chris Anyokwu’s Blood Lines & Other Plays

Thought Experiments: Eghosa Imasuen on Writing ‘To Saint Patrick’

Serendipity: An Essay by Oscar Mubila

After the Storm: NLNG Poetry Prize’s Report and Matters Arising

The Niger Delta and the Lost Promise of Outrage

Imagine That! Visions of the World In the New Millennium (1)

The Lost Love: by Denise Kavuma

Not Yet Uhuru – The Autobiography of Oginga Odinga: A Review

Why Africa Did Not Die In Biafra: An Essay by Nnamdi Uzuegbu

In Search of the African Writer

#100WordsFor30Days: A Facebook Writing Journey

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Author - Emitomo Tobi Nimisire

Emitomo Tobi Nimisire is a writer who finds cadavers amusing. She lives in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Stench of loss
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Stench of Loss: Poetry by Emitomo Tobi Nimisire

August 31, 2018
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STENCH OF LOSS I. there is a smell to a body that has been home for war stench of loss — faith shot dead on its way back to a soul purged of it fragrance...

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