GUEST EDITORS
Nsah Mala, Ber Anena and Loic Ekinga
COVER IMAGE
Image title: Amina and Habiba
Photography: Rachel Seidu
ILLUSTRATOR
Mòje Ikpeme
IN THIS ISSUE
FICTION
Chido Muchemwa, Kirk V. Bhajan, lanaire aderemi, Fomutar Stanislaus, Malica S. Willie, Victor Forna
POETRY
N.K.A. Prempeh, Timi Sanni, Ayouba Toure, Tawanda Mulalu, John Franklin Dandridge
ESSAY
Amílcar Sanatan, Yaa Konadu, Chiemeziem Everest Udochukwu, Maxine Sibihwana, Patrick Shyaka
PHOTOGRAPHY
Namafu Amutse, Toka Hlongwane
EDITOR’S NOTE
The Things We Remember
An Editorial
INTRODUCTION
The Subversion of Language
An introduction to the issue by the guest editors:
Nsah Mala, Ber Anena and Loic Ekinga
FICTION
mango trees
lanaire aderemi
The Black Cat
Kirk V. Bhajan
Chasing Elephants
Chido Muchemwa
In This Garden of Our Memories
Victor Forna
Journey to Zion
Malica S. Willie
Alkebulan
Fomutar Stanislaus
POETRY
Superfast Expensive Small Things & Other Poems
John Franklin Dandridge
Kids Play Outside and I Write Kaiju Dreams
Tawanda Mulalu
Blood Orange & Other Poems
N.K.A. Prempeh
A Silence the Depth of Graves & Other Poems
Timi Sanni
Because We Are Made Up of Water
Ayouba Toure
ESSAYS
The Trajectory of a Siamese Spirit
Chiemeziem Everest Udochukwu
The Art of Naming
Maxine Sibihwana
A Person’s Restaurant of Grief
Patrick Shyaka
In This Body
Yaa Konadu
Disappearing Boys
Amílcar Peter Sanatan
PHOTOGRAPHY
Soft
Namafu Amutse
uMoya
Toka Hlongwane