Literary works

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Uncle Jude
Short story

Uncle Jude

Nweke Ozioma Ruth

8:00 am, and all was squeaky clean at the tiny apartment I shared with my family in one of the slums that...

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Blue
Poem

Blue

Wangari Wamae

He said you'd be a boy, and I thought blue I knew my love would be tried and true I wondered if yours would be too...

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Dear Death
Short story

Dear Death

Michael Dare Soyege

There are several reasons why I am still awake. My room is dark and hot extremely hot - so hot; sweat is pouring...

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SILENT ECHOES
Short story

SILENT ECHOES

Venessa Ehizielen

I was two when my baby boy-sister was born. My Dad had been reiterating that I would get a baby brother.

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THE FINALE
Poem

THE FINALE

Bola Rotimi

I am but a vision a weak illusion of her you do not want me I am but a fleeting memory gone with the delicate...

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IN THE BEGINNING and another poem
Poem

IN THE BEGINNING and another poem

Favour Oseigbovo

There was a boy, one who learnt the synonym of anger is pain. He tells the story...

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AS FOR LOVE
Poem

AS FOR LOVE

Adama Lami Yusuf

As for love, In strings of hope I see through tradition the gasps of grief from lost dreams. And burned love...

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Chasing bloody unicorns
Short story

Chasing bloody unicorns

Maruf Aliyah

My sister lies on the ground with her legs wide open, her wig by her side. Its many strands spread out in the...

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The warmth that binds us
Short story

The warmth that binds us

Ketochukwu Onwumere

Papa had a different side to him when he was with his Chi than I had seen when he had just finished beating...

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Pinky pinky
Short story

Pinky pinky

Bakang Tshegofatso Akoonyatse

Everyone remembers how the intruders came through the forest and on the water. We remember...

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Decluttering
Short story

Decluttering

Oluchi Ogbonnaya

My wardrobe is a mess. Has been for a few weeks now and every weekend, amongst other things, I add “declutter...

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FINDING PEACE IN A THOUSAND WORDS
Poem

FINDING PEACE IN A THOUSAND WORDS

Olukorede Badejo

I read your words Years after the grim’s scythe Tore through the dark...

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GREEN, RED AND GREEN
Poem

GREEN, RED AND GREEN

Chris Gonoh

Twenty healthy brown African clawed dogs, Racing away with eighty brown leather bags...

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Mother's love and other poem
Poem

Mother's love and other poem

Uche Favour Chinemerem

Mother’s love Undying, though she’ll exit It travels through eternity...

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HOW TO CREATE AN IDENTITY
Short story

HOW TO CREATE AN IDENTITY

Namse Udosen

Begin in the name of the highest Supreme Being. He or she has created you and...

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Osiki and other poems
Poem

Osiki and other poems

Adepoju Isaiah Gbenga

Osiki, god of pestle and mortar, do you not hear hungrier children, At the crest of the lake, in...

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