Status Updates From Queer Africa 2

“It is clear that our histories are not framed but are written on the stomp, step and belting of your bodies. Ancestry is in progress right now.” from My Body Remembers: A War Cry by Zukolwenkosi Zikalala - one of my favourite stories in this anthology so far.

9. “Is it love that has you?” By Bishara Mohamed: a tender and beautiful awakening. And so sad. 4/5

'Ace' Nick Mulgrew ****

4. Iyawo - Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene: 4/5, just beautiful, I love the emphasis on home and culture and distance.
5. Warm - Emma Paulet: 4/5, breaks my friggin' heart.
6. The Day He Came by Amatesiro Dore: 2/5, I don't know why, I just found it pedantic.

'If we made this world with our bare hands instead of by the accidental destiny of birth, our love, this love between us women, would be sanctified in public spaces, temples, in the markets, on the dirt roads we were raised on."

2. Chebor's Light, Nancy Lindah Ilamwenya: 4/5; I wanted more.
3. Philip, Barbara Adair: 4/5; interesting writing style, I like that they include fatness.

0. Foreword, Barbara Boswell: '...offering the vision of a world structured by an ethic of love instead of the hatred of difference.'
1. Ace, Nick Mulgrew: 3/5 beautiful words but I'm not sure I "get it"!