Full Description
This collection draws together twenty-two stories selected from two ground breaking anthologies published by MaThoko Books, an imprint of Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA) in South Africa. The first volume, Queer Africa: New and CollectedFiction won the 26th Lambda Literary Award. In 2017 Queer Africa 2: New fiction added fresh material to the LGBTIQA+ literary landscape.;Stories from Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, South Africa, Botswana, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe celebrate the diversity and fluidity of queer and African identifications and expressions.
Contents
Nine Pieces of Desire by Idza L (Kenya); Pampers by Olakunle Ologunro (Nigeria); Sethunya Likes Girls Better by Wame Molefhe (Botswana);Pelican Driver by Davina Owombre (Nigeria);Jambula Tree by Monica Arac De Nyeko (Uganda); Going Home by Alistair Mackay (South Africa);Staying Afloat by Unoma Azuah (Nigeria);Maimuna Doesn't Know by Wilfred Jean-Louis (Kenya);Iyawo by Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene (Nigeria);Chief of the Home by Beatrice Lamwaka (Uganda);Leaving Civvy Street by Annie Holmes (Zimbabwe);Pyrrhic Victory by Ola Osaze (Nigeria);Pub 360 by HW Mukami (Kenya);Rock by Lindiwe Nkutha (South Africa);This Tomorrow Was Christmas by Juliet Kushaba (Uganda);The Day He Came by Matesiro Dore (Nigeria);All Covered Up by Dolar Vasani (Uganda);Chapter 13 by K Sello Duiker (South Africa);Awure Iferan by Rafeeat Aliyu (Nigeria);The Bath by Wamuwi Mbao (South Africa/Zambia);My Dad Forgot My Name? by Victor Lewis (Sierra Leone);Chebor's Light by Nancy Lindah Ilamwenya (Kenya).
