Act of Contrition
OBINNA UDENWE It is Good Friday. Preoccupied with thoughts of having his twin daughters climb his back and ride him like a horse around the sitting room, the man…
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In Love with a Dead Man?
ALEX BYANYIKO “I don’t even know why I married you in the first place – not that you’re handsome or even rich,” my mother said, scowling as my father…
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A Grave Incident
SULEIMAN AYUBA Every last Saturday of the month, some of the youths of Ungwan Tirka gathered together in the cemetery to level the grass and rid the place of…
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Cousins and Cologne
FAVOUR CHUKWUEMEKA The plane would descend in Asaba in about fifteen minutes. This means that we have less than fifteen minutes to be ourselves. The tea trolley finally leaves the…
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The Consignment
CHARACTERS Benji Nneka – Benji’s Mother Chekwu – Benji’s Father Landlord (Alhaji Ibrahim Chukwudi) – Benji’s Landlord Wale – Benji’s neighbour and friend Abdul – Benji’s…
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A conversation with Ukamaka Olisakwe
Ukamaka Olisakwe grew up in Kano, Nigeria, and now lives in Vermont. In 2014, she was named one of the continent’s most promising writers under the age of 40 by…
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