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Walking
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New short
ficiton from Mukoma wa Ngugi, author of Nairobi
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A
Cultured Sea
A long gaze from Nile to sea, from Puerto Rican
poet, Adriana Garriga-Lopez |
Venus
and the Cat
Donor Remorse strikes after a young lady trades her
eggs for tango shoes. Short story from South Africa's
Alex Smith |
Nana Brew-Hammond writes on a Ghanaian village... African
writers introduce their favourite places in our regular
column. |
Old
Ibren
A short story after Chekov's Vanka, by Somalian writer,
Bashir Abdul Adan |
A
Search for all Things Yellow
Three poems from Zainabu Jallo |
Na
My Hair
Belinda Otas responds to Chris Rock's comic skit
on the hair choices of Black women with some pidgin English
poetry |
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Achebe's Education
Zoe Norridge reviews Achebe's latest book, The Education
of a British-Protected child |
The
Wonder
Tola Ositelu wonders if Diana Evans' second novel stands
up to the challenge of her debut, 26a |
Turning
Tables
Peter W. Vakunta reviews Abdourahman A. Waberi's subversive
In the United States of Africa |
State
of the Nation
Memory Chirere reviews an anthology of Zimbabwean
poets |
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The
Chosen One
Agatha Zaza's short fiction; a 40-year-old
career woman in Lusaka stuns her friends with a decision
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Clinical
Blues
A suite of medical poems from Damilola Ajayi |
Schmalz
Rivka could not get over her new name. All she
wanted was to be a Mrs Rosewater, but she ended
up Mrs Grease. Fiction from Arja Salafranca |
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The
Final Metaphor
Sierra Leonean writer, Oumar Farouk Sesay,
with a poetic tribute to an old friend |
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Tales
by Conversation
Links to our column on conversational tales |
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The
Redemption of Pati Mugodo
The sheep had gone astray and the pastor was on a sensitive
rescue mission - but the 'wolf' didn't look half bad...
an Nwokolo tale |
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