GUEST EDITORS
Mapule Mohulatsi, Gbenga Adesina and Esther Karin Mngodo
COVER IMAGE
Image title: Morrison’s Air
Photography: Ericke Tjiueza
Costume Design: Nicodemus Amwele, Ericke Tjiueza
Model: Jean-Claude Nazarii
ILLUSTRATOR
Mòje Ikpeme
IN THIS ISSUE
FICTION
Derek Lubangakene, PT Russell, Osamudiamen Joseph, Kabelo S. Motsoeneng, Howard M-B Maximus, Gloriah Amondi
POETRY
Nkateko Masinga, Isaac Ouro-Gnao, Jerrice J. Baptiste, Jeremy Karn, Ehi-kowochio Ogwiji, travis tate
ESSAY
Mélissa Laveaux, Jude Chike, Fiske Nyirongo, Dennis Mugaa, Sylvia Ilahuka
PHOTOGRAPHY
Femi Amogunla, Rachel Seidu
EDITOR’S NOTE
And Still We Will Bloom
An Editorial
INTRODUCTION
Memories of the Future
An introduction to the issue by the guest editors: Mapule Mohulatsi, Gbenga Adesina and Esther Karin Mngodo
FICTION
And the Dead Were Lonely
Kabelo S. Motsoeneng
The Penitent Father
PT Russell
Coup de Grâce
Derek Lubangakene
Hell Is a Traffic-Jam on the 405 to the Afterlife
Osamudiamen Joseph
Fusion
Howard M-B Maximus
Don’t Get a Nipple Piercing, but if You Must, Don’t Get It at Freddys!
Gloriah Amondi
POETRY
Semantics of Living & Other Poems
Nkateko Masinga
Don’t Forget to Call Your Mother & Other Poems
travis tate
Wishbones & Other Poems
Jerrice J. Baptiste
swarmed body blacked wings & Other Poems
Isaac Ouro-Gnao
Two Poems
Ehi-kowochio Ogwiji
Portrait of a Liberian’s Boy & Other Poems
Jeremy T. Karn
ESSAYS
A Mother Holds Her Knife by the Blade
Mélissa Laveaux
A Dream Made of Water
Jude Chike
Wrestling With Hypnos
Sylvia Ilahuka
FIFA: A Love Story
Dennis Mugaa
Naming Rites
Fiske Nyirongo
PHOTOGRAPHY
What Is in a Mark?
Femi Amogunla
Osu
Rachel Seidu