GUEST EDITORS
Ya Mallen Jagne, Nadu Ologoudou and Tamanda Kanjaye
COVER IMAGE
Image title: We Celebrate Love and the Bonds That Unite Us
Photography: Nadaud Aïcha Fall
ILLUSTRATOR
Mòje Ikpeme
IN THIS ISSUE
FICTION
Davina Philomena Kawuma, iman adam, Chioniso Tsikisayi, B. T. Karuma, Fatima Abdullahi
POETRY
Alvin Kathembe, Sulayman Saye, Olowo Qudus Opeyemi, Tawiah Mensah, Fadairo Tesleem
NONFICTION
Mugabi Byenkya, Mariam Tijani, Mark Ato Kwamena Mensah, Nicole Adabunu, Chinaza James-Ibe
PHOTOGRAPHY
Bongani Khumalo, Aaliyah André
EDITOR’S NOTE
The Kaleidoscope of Voices Unheard
An Editorial
INTRODUCTION
A Mosaic of Our Shared Humanity
An introduction to the issue by the guest editors:
Ya Mallen Jagne, Nadu Ologoudou and Tamanda Kanjaye
FICTION
The Rain Translates My Bibi to Me
iman adam
A Grain of Rice in the Heart of Genocide
Chioniso Tsikisayi
clean read
Davina Philomena Kawuma
Hallowed is the Flesh
B. T. Karuma
The Weight of Our Walls
Fatima Abdullahi
POETRY
For You, I Could Be Soft Again & Other Poems
Tawiah Mensah
The Echoes of Gaza & Other Poems
Fadairo Tesleem
A Broken Boy’s Requiem & Other Poems
Olowo Qudus Opeyemi
The Weight of Letters & Other Poems
Alvin Kathembe
Two Poems
Sulayman Saye
NONFICTION
Bugolobi Flats: Block 34, D2
Mugabi Byenkya
A Reggae Blue-Black Dream
Mariam Tijani
Ivory Tower
Mark Ato Kwamena Mensah
Loving in Lowercase
Nicole Adabunu
Love, Death, and Dominoes
Chinaza James-Ibe
PHOTOGRAPHY
The Chosen One
Bongani Khumalo
Allegorical Portrait of Two Women
Aaliyah André