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Book Review │ Tope Folarin’s A Particular Kind of Black Man │ Joseph Akinnawonu
Image courtesy DC Library Tope Folarin’s A Particular Kind Of Black Man is a metaphor for identity, ambition, loss, a love lost, a conflict between the past and the future,…More
February Calls For Submissions
So, here we are again in 2020, updating literary contests and opportunities and urging budding writers to go for the prizes. Now buddy, smile for the camera. 1. Lolwe Calls…More
For Courage, Steadfastness and Everything Being a Widow Brings
While growing up in Aba, there were many single mothers and fathers I knew on my street. They were single because of the demise of their mates, which lives most…More
The Mainlander #3: The Sprout Issue
The Mainlander is a showcase of emerging voices in arts and literature, are we are now accepting submissions for the third issue.The theme for the third edition is SPROUT, we…More
3 Poems by Ebuka Evans
Upon the Still Waters of the Niger, I Wrote This i am trapped in an influx of gaseous watersa rhythmic trombone writhes me into transparency& glow is a myth, so…More
3 Poems by Tobi Abiodun
Walk through this with Me My father loves better when he is drunk and my mother seizes the moment with her hands and body. We are in the living room…More
2019 Crater Literary Festival Enugu – Press Release
Crater Library & Publisher, in collaboration with AfricaWeek UK, announces its third edition of Crater Literary Festival which will take place at the main hall of University of Nigeria, Enugu…More
3 Poems by Bello Haneefah
A Study of Our Madnesssometimes it becomes difficult to tell the difference between my mind and a townhouse burning to the ground maybe /to be mad//is just another name/ for…More
was it beijing? (or a garbled love song)
once I launched myself to space in search desperately of something anything to hold on to. it was a bit like robert son of kelly wailing begging desperate hugs from…More
3 Poems by Jeremy Karn
How we got here how many wonders have you heard about in your life time / the Noah’s flood / the miracles of Jesus or / the tea pot that…More