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What poets have to say to one who is about to commit suicide.
NYSC is full of experiences. ‘Missing’ is a work of fiction woven around the lives of ‘Corpers’ and explores friendship, independence politics & adventure.
In a fleeting moment of curiousity, a female National Youth service Corps member is abducted. In the days that follow, she and her friends uncover a mind boggling conspiracy.
Set in Benin – Nigeria, Missing is a thrilling story that keeps you riveted till the end.
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“Honest art will open the doors of more than a few hearts, and this is a fact recognised by Ada Esom. In ‘A Collection of Golden Poetry’, the Dark Fiction and Astrology enthusiast reels out eleven poems that explore the human condition from a more internal perspective. In this body of work, the author of ‘Daemoniac’ and ‘All She Wrote’ talks about life from the lens of a jaded lover, a lonely soul, a scared youngster and a long-silenced woman.
“‘Maleficent’ takes after a fantasy movie from years prior but could just as well be illustrating the image of a no-nonsense woman, ‘Sixteen Candles’ is a poem about yearning for an absent lover, ‘The Ghosts of Yesterday’ tells the story of an individual caught in the vice grip of painful past memories, while ‘Gleeful Captive’ and ‘Unabashedly Yours, Truly’ put in succinct detail what it means to fall hard in love even in the face of uncertainty.”
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p style="text-align: right">Jerry Chiemeke, winner, 2017 Ken Saro Wiwa Prize for Reviews.
We learnt to takerefuge in the talesspoken to us byour father's fathers. We take comfortin what time offersour hungry bodies,with our hands as plates. We learn to walk;a blind mind withoutdirection, clearlyshutting our imaginationfrom what life offers. Wemust learn to...
She was not beautiful either. Beauty was not the stuff anyways. You’d grown enough to know it was not about beauty or about the soft faces or unending smiles, but you could not tell Mother this.
A social media campaign tagged #PublishingPaidMe was created on June 6, 2020 by urban fantasy writer L.L. Mckinney as part of the ongoing conversation on racism in the United States. The campaign questioned the disparity in book advances between black authors and...
I’d like to be a butterflyAnd flutter into your roomTell you how the wind blowsCause I feel it in my armsAnd it’s pointing me your way. I’d like to say I miss youBut we’ve only been humanWith limbs so heavy that we hideBehind our prison doorsWaiting till the storm is...
The Creative Freelance Writerz’ group is delighted to host Facebook live literary webinars. The webinars are an initiative that reflects our mission to create a platform that encourages the literary craft within the African space. As a commitment to promoting African...
• night: a thousand nocturnal voices & a hundred homeless thoughts seek solace in my head each holding a beacon — each wanting to construct bridges but I — I only know how to burn bridges & hang down a tree and cut the rope — freedom I do not know how to hold...
10 African Bookstagram Accounts You Should Follow A common misconception is that Africans don't read. However, trends like bookstagramming have proved otherwise. Africans read and their social media platforms reflect their passionate love for books. A bookstagram is...
Nigeria’s Innocent Chizaram Ilo has emerged the African region winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. They are the youngest ever writer to be awarded the regional prize. They have been a finalist for the Gerald Kraak Award, the Short Story Day Africa Prize...
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Celebrating 20 years of rewarding diverse writing talents across the continent – with past winners including Namwali Serpell, Tope Folarin, Lesley Nneka Arimah – the shortlist is always one to anticipate.
