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By Unoma N. Azuah Sunday, April 11, 2010. Kaito made sure he had the two addresses his family gave him. One was for Abuda who left for America 12 years ago. The other was for Kamalu who had been gone for only
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Of Literature and Legacy: Darlington Chibueze Anuonye Interviews Kwame Dawes
By Darlington Chibueze Anuonye Monday, December 12, 2022. Kwame Dawes is
A Short Story By Mary Shorun
RESONANCE By Mary Shorun Saturday, October 23, 2010. Years after their
Exile: A Review of Romeo Oriogun’s Nomad
By Chibueze Anthony Ukwuoma Tuesday, November 29, 2022. In an interview granted
An Interview with the Novelist Olumide Olutola
An Interview with the Novelist Olumide Olutola By Jide Salawu Monday, February
Africans and the European soul: Part 1
Are the formerly colonised set to colonise their old colonisers?By MMK It has come to my delighted attention that African churches
The problem with the idea of a Christian God
What has God done for Black folks lately? By Rosemary Ekosso I shall refer here only to the Christian God,
Short story: The Mass of Appetites (PART 2)
A Nairobi bar horror story By MMK She is heading for her table but her eyes are fixed on the table
Poem: Breaking the silence
Breaking the Silence By Toya Y. Williams Hollow before this crowd We are all brothers and sisters of the same
Films of the Month
Review: DVDs By Dr. William (Lez) Henry Burning an Illusion and Blood Ah Goh Run, DVD Release, United Kingdom: BFI –
Why We Love Encarta Africana and Why Every Black Family Should Have a Copy
Henry Louis Gates Jr., on Black History and Encarta Africana Monday, October 16, 2006. The encyclopaedia of the Black experience –
Poem: Little Boy Caught Between Blocks of Present and Past
By Toya Y. Williams Little boy caught between blocks of past and present before freedom Mommies not here anymore she ran
This Week’s Poem by Leopold Sedar Senghor
Noliwe By Leopold Sedar Senghor The weakness of the heart is holly… Ah! You think that I never loved her
This Week’s Poem by Taban Lo Liyong
Ministers to the Toothless When I am old and my teeth are gone or rotted Let me age away near KFC or
This Week’s Poem by Derek Walcott
A Far Cry From Africa A wind is ruffling the tawny peltOf Africa, Kikuyu, quick as flies,Batten upon the bloodstreams of the