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FeaturesFebruary 8, 2020 0

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

FeaturesFebruary 2, 2020 0

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

FeaturesJanuary 22, 2020 0

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

FeaturesJanuary 3, 2020 0

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

FeaturesNovember 21, 2019 0

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

FeaturesAugust 3, 2019 0

A Quest for Sobriety – 4

Alice cooks Olo’s dinner naked save for her batik wrapper draped over her breasts. She boils the meat in a broth spiced with fresh peppers so that the tenderized meat…More

FeaturesJuly 27, 2019 0

A Quest for Sobriety – 3

This is how they met: a plump lady is walking out of the STI Clinic with a cellophane bag as a dapper doctor in an over-sized white coat is walking…More

Saturday ReadJuly 20, 2019 0

A Quest for Sobriety – 2

Meet Olo, Alice’s husband, again. He is still lying on an armchair in his living room, snoring away his Saturday. He will wake up soon enough with a splitting headache…More

FeaturesJuly 18, 2019 0

Restless Like a Boy by Chigozie Chukwu-ike

“If you like keep laughing like you picked up a ten kobo coin until I bring my cane.” Mama yelled from the bedroom. But Kosi didn’t stop tickling me. As…More

FeaturesJuly 17, 2019 0

How I Became a Demon

For boys like me, who sprouted from a broken home, joy is an impossible currency. The last time I saw my mother was thirteen years ago, in a pool of…More

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