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Africa in the here and now: the fate of MDG’s & undemocratic states.

When I was young and impressionable I had this grand vision of saving the world. It was so easy to dream up a free and fair world where sanity, justice and good health prevailed. It was even easier to engage in activities that could quicken the coming into being of those dreams. Now that I […]

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Dreams, Miracles, and Jazz

Memory Chirere’s cogent review of “Dreams, Miracles and Jazz”

A review has come out on the recently published short story anthology of new African writing: “Dreams, Miracles and Jazz“, in which my story, Land of my bones, is published.

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Happy news & other news

Happy news: For the Pan African Literary Forum contest, I took first place in the Africana Fiction category. I am doubly honored as Junot Díaz, the Pulitzer Prize winning fiction writer and essayist, was the judge for that category. Other news: Two unpublished novels. One complete; one still in progress. Notes on both below.

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Borders

Borders

 From my first collection of poetry, Men Love Chocolates But They Don’t Say.

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After the Tsunami

From my second collection of poems, The Price of Memory: After the Tsunami After the Tsunami

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