This collection draws together twenty-five 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 Collected Fiction 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.
Table of Contents:
Nine Piecees of Desire / Idza L, Pampers / Olakunle Ologunro, Sethunya Likes Girls Better / Wame Molefhe, Pelican Driver / Davina Owombre, Jambula Tree / Monica Arac de Nyeko, Going Home / Alistair Mackay, Staying Afloat / Unoma Azuah, Maimuna Doesn't Know / Wilfred Jean-Louis, Iyawo / Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene, Chief of the Home / Beatrice Lamwaka, Leaving Civvy Street / Annie Holmes, Pyrrhic Victory / Ola Osaze, Pub 360 / H W Mukami, Rock / Lindiewe Nkutha, This Tomorrow Was Christmas / Juliet Kushaba, The Day He Came / Amatesiro Dore, All Covered Up / Dolar Vasani, Chapter Thirteen / K. Sello Duiker, Àwúre Ìf́́ȩràn / Rafeeat Aliyu, The Bath / Wamuwi Mbao, My Dad Forgot My Name? / Victor Lewis, and Chebor's Light / Nancy Lindah Ilamwenya
Creator/Contributor:
Makhosazana Xaba and Karen Martin
Date Created/Date Issued:
2018
Description:
This collection draws together twenty-five 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 Collected Fiction 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.
Language:
English
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Source Collection Local Identifier:
ISBN: 1780264631, ISBN: 9781780264639, and OCLC: (OCoLC)1019991943
Source Collection Name:
Black Queer Studies Collection
Title:
Queer Africa: Selected Stories
Topic:
Short stories, African (English) -- Minority authors, Sexual minorities -- Africa, Africa, African fiction (English), Fiction, and Short stories
