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The New Gong at ALA 2007
Adewale Maja-Pearce recalls the atmosphere
at Morgantown, West Virginia.

Tribute to Fela
Excerpt from You Must set Forth at Dawn by
Wole Soyinka.

From Onitsha Market Literature
to Home Movies
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu revisits the spot where
Onitsha market literature first sprouted.

Remembering Beko - A Regular
Kuti
Isidore Emeka Uzoatu recalls an encounter
with Beko Ransome-Kuti.

Mungo Park: In Praise of African
Women
Adewale Maja-Pearce revisits the journals of
Mungo Park, the 18th century Scottish explorer
colonial texts said discovered the River Niger.
What does he find? Park never claimed the
discovery. What's more, there is a great
testament to the nobility of spirit of African
women.
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New Generator: 'I pass my
neighbour'
A short story by Eghosa Imasuen.
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Interview with Chinua Achebe
17 years after a telling conversation with
Chinua Achebe, Dulue Mbachu shares it with
one and all for the first time.
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OLDER POSTINGS
Chants
Previously unpublished poems by Dulue
Mbachu.
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Under the Coconut Tree
Faction on the Niger Delta situation by
John Owubokiri
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Review of Wole Soyinka's You Must Set
Forth at Dawn
By Adewale Maja-Pearce

The Essential Fela!
The very things tha made Fela
Anikulapo-Kuti
an unusual artiste.

The Dog
A short story by
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Selling Africa
By Adewale
Maja-Pearce

Interview with Sharifa Johka

Viewing Obudu
through the lens of
George Osodi

The painting of Juliet  Ezenwa
Maja-Pearce

Random songs by Azubike Ufelle