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14 August 2016updated 29 Jul 2021 10:08am

“Midnight Sun”: a short story by Chigozie Obioma

New fiction from the author of the Man Booker-shortlisted novel The Fishermen.

By Chigozie obioma

(Photo By CHARLES WILLIAMS FOR NEW STATESMAN)

A child does not die because its mother’s breast is empty of milk.

Igbo proverb

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