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Dear Nnamdi: A Personal Editorial

  • July 30, 2021
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Dear Nnamdi, Reading your manuscript, The Moth and the Light Bulb, is the warmest experience I have had since I left Owerri. It is cold and almost lightless here, and…
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This Truth that Stares at Us

  • July 30, 2021
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  Although you are supposed to be on your way to work, you decide to stay back a little when you see that CNN is about to do a documentary…
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To Live a Little

  • July 30, 2021
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  Inside the old Toyota Tazz, the three of us are attempting forgetfulness while the animal we are in speeds recklessly through the country. From inside here, the sides of…
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A Letter to the United African Republic

  • July 30, 2021
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  Being poor will make you so angry. Your emotions are so taut. Your thoughts overwhelm you until you feel claustrophobic. Your freedom is not yours to give. Your lips…
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A Flâneury With Myself

  • July 30, 2021
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#1 Today is 1st May, 2020, a month since the government issued a lockdown in three states because of the pandemic. It is past 4:30AM, and I’m still in bed.…
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A Season’s Breath

  • July 30, 2021
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I can’t sleep. Deep breath in. Boredom has hit me like a speck of bird poop that I can’t shake off. I’m doing that thing I did as a child…
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Violence Knows Me By Name

  • May 30, 2021
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Violence found me far from the protest ground in my home where I was trying, and failing, to watch movies from my laptop. I was in the police station last…
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When Green Leaves Wither

  • March 30, 2021
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1. Emeka, Most friendships do not start in the most flattering way. There is no outburst of mirthful laughter or the ravishing communion of a shared experience. Some just start…
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This Certain Kind of Blessedness

  • March 30, 2021
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  Say autumn. Say Autumn despite the green in your eyes. Beauty despite daylight. Say you’d kill for it. Ocean Voung, “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous”   It is matriculation…
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Restoring Marginalised Voices: A Review of Akwaeke Emezi’s The Death of Vivek Oji

  • March 30, 2021
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Author: Akwaeke Emezi Book title: The Death of Vivek Oji Publisher: Riverhead Books Place of publication: New York Year of publication: 2020 Number of pages: 178 Reviewer: Nzube Nlebedim I…
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