GUEST EDITORS
Moustapha Mbacké Diop, Aria Deemie, and Israel Campos
COVER IMAGE
Photography: Ammar Abdalla Osman (Mory)
ILLUSTRATOR
Mòje Ikpeme
IN THIS ISSUE
FICTION
Akinyi Ocholla, Lindiwe Dhlakama, Piloya Innocent, Shammah Godoz, Lynda Chidera Anih
POETRY
Rama Kem, Daniel Aondona, Laurent Bwesigye. Frankline Were, Nozipho Fadzai Wabatagore
NONFICTION
Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi, Sabah Carrim, Damilola Oyedeji, Sunmisola Odusola
VISUAL
Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa, Brunel Johnson
INTRODUCTION
A Tapestry of All the Stories
Introduction to Issue 12 by the Guest Editors:
Moustapha Mbacké Diop, Aria Deemie, and Israel Campos
FICTION
Née
Lindiwe Dhlakama
The First Progenitor
Shammah Godoz
Mango Season
Piloya Innocent
Where is Chukwuokike?
Lynda Chidera Anih
The Split
Akinyi Ocholla
POETRY
Sketching the Night on a Boy’s Face & Other Poems
Daniel Aôndona
On That Mountain, in a Lavender Crocheted Dress, We Had a Talk
Rama Kem
The Night Joined & Other Poems
Frankline Were
Love in the Time of Persecution
Nozipho Fadzai Wabatagore
How I Come to Blush & Other Poems
Laurent Bwesigye
NONFICTION
We, the Other Muslims
Sabah Carrim
Hope, AbdulHafeez
Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi
Panicky Little Things
Damilola Oyedeji
The Body Paradox
Sunmisola Odusola
VISUAL
Kintsugi Brotherhood
Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa
Dispatches from The Gambia
Brunel Johnson