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Application for the 2022 Idembeka Creative Writing Workshop Closes November 30, 2022

The workshop is free and will be held virtually from the 9th to the 13th…

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How the Traditional Publishing Industry in Africa Is Shaping the Emergence of New Voices in African Literature

When these Western publishers shifted their gaze elsewhere or closed their exclusively African imprints, their…

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Recrudescence | Ement Amaku

By Ement Amaku The cycle turns and turns like tumbleweeds blown by a whirlwind. Today,…

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Echezonachukwu Nduka and the Music of Poetry

As a boy living in the rectory attached to the church, Nduka did not immediately…

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Hell Hath No Fury Like a Poet Scorned: A Review of Dami Ajayi’s “Affection and other Accidents”

Sometimes, poets use their poems as a glimpse into their personal lives, but this collection…

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Self Portrait At Nineteen | Hassan Usman

By Hassan Usman it’s 5:00 in the morning. I tiptoe towards the room’s oldest mirror…

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A Calligraphy of Love & Sweet Memories

By Olowo Qudus Opeyemi the shades of the night/ faded & metamorphosed into mild metaphors/…

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If Nigeria Was a Bible, It Would Be the Gospel Without Jesus & For Boys Whose Hearts Are Old, Rugged Books | Psalmuel Benjamin

By Psalmuel Benjamin If Nigeria Was a Bible, It Would Be the Gospel Without Jesus…

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of memories, moments & manhood | Jaachị Anyatọnwụ

By Jaachị Anyatọnwụ skinned knees & runny nose undersized shirts & patched shorts bible recitals…

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After The Giant Greenlights, Nothing Here Is Worthy Of Symphony? | Psalmuel Benjamin

In this part of the global egg, a boy is a yolk– yoked like an…