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Theatre review: Death and the King’s Horseman


Is death the start of the human journey or its end? Is mortality a transition from one sphere of our existence to another - the recurring cycle of life, death and rebirth? From Nobel Literature Laureate Wole Soyinka’s versatile prose emerges a mournful piece of theatre, which isn’t in fear of difficult themes of life ...

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The Streets are always Watching – Short Story by Raymondobie


Same old Same old

Same old Same old The Streets are always watching. That night,as I lay on my bed listening to the dogs bark, I began to wonder how much more I could take, and I began to get a terrible feeling inside my chest and a tightness at the back of my throat, and I jerked upright with my head spinning and stared into the ...

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Def Jam Poetry – Daniel Beaty “Knock Knock”


httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nktBsI0PYPs This link was shared with me by a Friend on Facebook.  I share it with you all now.

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