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Reviews 2011/02/15

Shapes of Their Horrible Dungeons

It is 1902 and Franz Kappus is in Vienna attending a military school. One day, he is sitting under a chestnut tree, reading a book by a poet called Rainer Maria Rilke. A chaplain walks up to him. Seeing who Mr. Kappus is reading, he tells him that he knows Rilke. Rilke had attended that […]

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Features 2011/02/03

When Being Lost Is The Only Way To Live

There are those for whom being lost is the only way to live. They do not want to be found by others. They would rather live in the dark bowels of the earth, eat manure and slake the thirst of their dangling tongue from the dew that fall off the flowers of evil. These men […]

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Features 2019/03/26

Chimamanda Adichie at The 2018 Abantu Book Festival

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A few days ago, Adichie shared photos of her time at Abantu Book Festival on Facebook. On December 7, 2017, […]

Features 2019/03/26

Event | (Re)membering Africa: Women’s Narratives Conference at the University of Houston | 28-30 March

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On 28-30 March, the University of Houston will be hosting a conference themed “(Re)membering Africa: Women’s Narratives on the Continent […]

Features 2019/03/26

Everything White Tastes Like Milk | Bryan Joe Okwesili | Fiction

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I know you grew up on the streets, that you feel the streets made you, that you are now […]

Features 2019/03/25

Leila Aboulela’s New Novel, Bird Summons, Is Magic-infused and Folklore-inspired

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Leila Aboulela is one Africa’s most beloved storytellers. Her readers can’t get enough of her evocative writing and the memorable […]

Features 2019/03/25

Ten Poets Shortlisted for the 2019 Brunel International African Poetry Prize

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Ten poets have been shortlisted for the 2019 Brunel International African Poetry Prize. Among them are the Nigerian poets Inua […]

Features 2019/03/25

#PoetryTalk | Being a Poet Involves Crying Out About Injustice: Interview with Unoma Azuah

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Unoma Azuah teaches writing at the Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago. In 2011 she was listed as one of the […]