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The Audacity of
Wakefulness
A
man wins an election. Is there any news in that? Not
really. Then you hear it again. You learn something
more: the man is a black man. His mother was white.
But he definitely is not a white man. However, because he has
to be something, we say black.
OK, maybe not exactly black. No need to get all
those African-Americans, Africans in the Diaspora
and Africans in Africa excited. That level of
excitement must come with a health warning for the
world.
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 Sholeh
Wolpé
captures the voice and spirit of
Forugh Farrokhzad with Sin, whilst
raising hers from The Rooftops of Tehran.
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It began with
thundering
marching
raindrops
Like a thundering
herd of
buffalo stampeding
over prairie land
Bernard Gieske>>
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Just Published:
The Length of Light by Unoma
Azuah
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Poetry Competition: Diversity
House (Excel for Charity) International Poetry
Competition.
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Friendship and Love in a Strange Land -
Terri Ochiagha reviews Chike Momah's
The Stream Never Dries Up.
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To Hell with
Creative Writing; or, Politics:
an Alternative
Amusement
by
Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike
Sometimes creative writing is the paradox of the
flame and the moth. Reality is suspect, and the air
is the crypt of a thousand simulacra.
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Essay>>
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Old Score
by Nnorom Azuonye
Ugo slides the letter back into the envelope it came
in. Like the evil sword it is, there in its
scabbard, it will not harm anyone.
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