The Gender-nonconforming Spirit
Identity, Disruption and Performance in Igbo culture
Africa
Contributors
- Aba Amissah Asibon
- Buke Abduba
- Hussani Abdulrahim
- Dalle Abraham
- Som Adedayor
- Boluwatife Afolabi
- Azags Agandaa
- Caleb Ajinomoh
- Akpa Arinzechukwu
- Alboricah Tokologo Rathupetsane
- Najwa Ali
- Abduljalal Musa Aliyu
- Peter-Adrian Altini
- Olákìtán T. Aládéṣuyì
- Isaac Otidi Amuke
- Harriet Anena
- Ber Anena
- Vincent Anioke
- Erica Sugo Anyadike
- H. B. Asari
- Lillian Akampurira Aujo
- Carey Baraka
- Tahnia Barrie
- Jayne Bauling
- Michael Boyd
- Fui Can-Tamakloe
- Joe-Ann Chavry
- Christine Coates
- Mia Couto
- Ananda Devi
- Gitan Djeli
- Dorechi
- Edwige Renée Dro
- Chike Frankie Edozien
- Akwaeke Emezi
- Kelesitse Eternity
- Kevin Eze
- Stephen M. Finn
- Priscilla Ametorpe Goka
- Tania Haberland
- Helon Habila
- Mbozi Haimbe
- Wendy Hara
- Simone Haysom
- Ifeanyichukwu Peter Eze
- Sarah Ijangolet
- Innocent Chizaram Ilo
- Dawn Immanuel
- Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu
- Vashish Jaunky
- Chiagoziem Jideofor
- Mubanga Kalimamukwento
- ML Kejera
- Priscilla Keshiro
- Fred Khumalo
- Gloria Kiconco
- Neema Komba
- Beatrice Lamwaka
- Alistair Mackay
- Joyline ‘Jo’ Maenzanise
- Faraaz Mahomed
- Tshegofatjo Makhafola
- Nick Makoha
- Socrates Mbamalu
- Josiah Mbote
- Phodiso Modirwa
- Gothataone Moeng
- Mathapelo Mofokeng
- Mammatli Agnes Molefi
- Charlie Muhumuza
- Kabubu Mutua
- Kevin Mwachiro
- Jean Pierre Nikuze
- Kelechi Njoku
- Sihle Ntuli
- Emeka Joseph Nwankwo
- Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
- Adorah Nworah
- Stephanie Chizoba Odili
- Sophia Obianamma Ofuokwu
- Chisom Okafor
- Kunle Okesipe
- Ben Okri
- Olajide Omojarabi
- Troy Onyango
- Bridget Pitt
- Anita Lakshmi Powell
- Matshediso Radebe
- Moso Sematlane
- Slim Shaka
- Fiona Sussman
- Ojo Taiye
- Efua Traoré
- Iryn Tushabe
- Obi Umeozor
- Franklyn Usouwa
- Alice Wangui
- Athol Williams
- Mark Winkler
- Tryphena Yeboah
- Chela Yego
Stories
The Parkroad Boys
How Kenyan Cricket Lived and Died
Talk of the Town
'Talk of the Town' was shortlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. View the full shortlist here.
Trampled Roses
'Trampled Roses' was longlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Read more about the Prize here.
True Happiness
'True Happiness' won the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa. Read more about the Prize here.
In the Forest of our Childhood
There are many ways to carry the past with us: to romanticise it, to invalidate it, to furnish it with…
Good Manners
It took me a moment to recognise him. When I did, I was overcome by the shyness of seeing a…
25 Notes on Becoming
I write to tell you that the walls of my bones are made of contention and I am always situated…
Catalayah
I memorised the rhythm of your heart, almost inaudible but I heard you, a beating body inside a body being…
The Chibok Abductions
During their eight-year insurgency in north-east Nigeria, Boko Haram has kidnapped thousands of girls and women from their homes.
By Way of a Life Plot
Hyacinth Ike planned to die on a Friday because it felt right that he complete his life on a day…
Pythagoras Theorem
Remember that summer when edges went? The whole night became concentrated darkness.
The Day The Sea Turned Brown
We sat on the half-moon verandah of my great aunt's bungalow – rondavel of black volcanic rock with a straw…
Lives of Trailer Drivers
In Ife, at 6 a.m., no shops are open, there is no human movement and the streets are occupied by…
I Am Not My Skin
What is a one-arm Zeruzeru doing at a security guard interview? I could sense their disbelief but I didn’t let…
Purple Voices
When I regained consciousness, Amira was at my feet, mopping my thighs with a warm rag. My head throbbed. My…