African Writing is a literary magazine. We publish creative fiction and non-fiction as well as art, poetry, reviews and essays. Available online and in print.
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Congratulations to @ObariGomba on winning the 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature with his amazing book, GRIT.
Job well done, @NGRLitPrize
Skirt
By Niyi Osundare
Come,
Sweetheart
Come tonight
Let’s meet in the elbow
Of the street
Skip all care
Breach all walls
Jump over the gutter
Of the moon
Come, sweetheart
Don’t forget to come
In our favourite skirt
Read more of Osundare's poems here: african-writing.com/Sep/osun…
"Words cannot be swallowed back. When they are as foul and bitter as the nastiest vomit, you can’t even try. For as long as she could remember, Lerato had desperately wanted to liberate her mother from her little world."
- Gertrude Makhaya, Four Women
african-writing.com/five/ger…
Agbo Areo played an important role in the promotion of African Literature, and will be missed dearly.
Date of his funeral has been fixed for July 26th to 28th, 2023.
Watch his conversation with Chuma Nwokolo few weeks before his passing:
youtube.com/watch?v=GsYcpPSC…
Join the premiere for Agbo Areo's final conversation on YouTube where he talks about his role in the creation of Macmillan's Pacesetters series:
youtu.be/GsYcpPSCr5c
"You can’t believe in love at first sight unless you’ve felt it yourself. Unless you’ve stood at the door watching him come up the stairs, leather jacket on his masculine shoulders, [...] and that wide-eyed smile he reserves for you."
african-writing.com/five/arj…
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"My choice of the genre in which to express myself at any given time depends on the themes and subject. If poetry will be more expressive I choose it. But sometimes I don’t even think of that; the thing just comes [...]."
- Gabriel Okara
african-writing.com/six/gabr…
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