Adéperó, Irekànmi envisages that i have been sozzled by the wine from Sobówalé’s keg and have chewed on nuts from Íyin, the ancestral witch who drives men to lunacy. she debates the fidelity of your existence. does she know; she swims in oblivion to your soothing presence swaddling my discomfort and the tranquilizing whispers that […]
Tag Archives: love
Chinelo Okparanta Recalls Her First Teenage Crush
“I was 16 years old, nearly 17, when a boy first expressed interest in me. Or, maybe it was that I was 16, nearly 17, when I first took notice of a boy’s interest in me.” This is how Chinelo Okparanta’s recollection of her first teenage crush begins. In a piece for Freeman’s magazine, republished […]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Bazaar Short Story Is All Love, Class and Multiculturalism
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new short story in Harper’s Bazaar, a brief one titled “How Did You Feel About It?,” is all about love, class and multiculturalism. The female narrator is Nigerian, her husband is English, and the rest of the characters are American, Japanese and Italian. The narrator ponders the nature of her relationship with her […]
Being Arab, Muslim and Female in a Post-Trump World | Interview with Leila Chatti, 2017 Brunel Prize Shortlistee
Weeks ago, we announced that Africa in Dialogue had published an e-book of interviews with the ten poets shortlisted for the 2017 Brunel Poetry Prize. The interviews were conducted by the Website’s editor Gaamangwe Joy Mogami and were published in collaboration with Praxis Magazine. We are republishing a few of them. * Leila Chatti is a Tunisian-American poet. She is […]
#CainePrize2017 | Review of Arinze Ifeakandu’s “God’s Children Are Little Broken Things” | By Kelechi Njoku
As you probably already know, the Caine Prize for African Writing shortlist is out. It’s created quite a lot of buzz and excitement in the last few days. While we are still celebrating with the shortlistees, we also think it’s time to get serious and talk about these stories. Are they any good? What is […]
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