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

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