GUEST EDITORS

Mali Kambandu, Willie Lee Kinard III and Yovanka Paquete Perdigão.

COVER IMAGE

Image title: for worst
Photography: Alex and Frans Odicky

ILLUSTRATOR

Mòje Ikpeme

IN THIS ISSUE

 

FICTION

A. K. Herman, Theophilus Sokuma, Caroline Okello, Jedidiah Mugarura, Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta, Shanette Monrose

POETRY

Faatimah Solomon, Nnadi Samuel, Alicia Valasse-Polius, Hollis Druhet, Celia Sorhaindo

ESSAY

Eric Otieno Sumba, Rabhelani Mguni, Aida Muturia, Rod Martinez, Shalom Esene

PHOTOGRAPHY

Maroula Blades, Kreative Kwame

EDITOR’S NOTE

It Takes a Village

An Editorial

INTRODUCTION

A Journey to the Present

An introduction to the issue by the guest editors:

Mali Kambandu, Willie Lee Kinard III and Yovanka Paquete Perdigão.

FICTION

A Generation of Fragile Things
Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta

Somewhere Inside Bitrus
Theophilus Sokuma

The Believers
A.K. Herman

Invisible
Caroline Okello

Can I Show You Magic?
Jedidiah Mugarura

The Daughter
Shanette Monrose

POETRY

Love Letter to Omdurman & Other Poems
Faatimah Solomon

Crash Course in a Slaughterhouse
Nnadi Samuel

The Great Dying
Alicia Valasse-Polius

Black Flower & Other Poems
Hollis Druhet

Ouroboros & Other Poems
Celia Sorhaindo

ESSAYS

Deep Afield
Eric Otieno Sumba

My Dance of Fire and Water and Chasing the Ghosts In Between
Aida Muturia

Home
Rod Martinez

Mirror
Rabhelani Mguni

Your Body Is Not Yours
Shalom Esene

PHOTOGRAPHY

Through the Walls of Colourism
Kreative Kwame

Yearning
Maroula Blades

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