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Cover Image: Jockey, Rehoboth, 2013. © Kristin Capp
Issue 1: A story happened here…
August, 2019
FICTION
The Heat by Coletta Kandemiri
Subterwhere by Ange Mucyo
Losing Out by Mutaleni Nadimi
Dankie Botswana (or, Semper Fi) by Rémy Ngamije
The Night-Time Oboist by Tuulikki Tammi
NONFICTION
The Trip North by Kavena Hambira
The Rat’s Dilemma by Emily Schlink
In Conversation:
Death, Detention, and Disappearance by David Smuts
POETRY
Ex Avibus by Brook Johnson
VISUAL ART
Latitudes by Kristin Capp
Mtanda And Sorese by Romeo Sinkala
Crosses and Walvis Bay by Shawn Van Eeden
EDITORIAL
A Story Happened Here by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Kristin Capp
Issue 2: Stories find stories…
February, 2020
FICTION
House Girl by Bongani Kona
Body In Six Parts by Makena Onjerika
Sharia Baudelaire by Alexandra Parrs
City Heights by Mohammed Shehu
Woman On A Train by Don Stevenson
NONFICTION
Activism Beyond Wokeness by Jamil Khan
A Mourning Song by Zanta Nkumane
Realisations by Emily Schlink
POETRY
A Slave To Alcohol, Disastrous Word and Bearer Of Rumours by Verushcka Garises
Cape Town Tourist by Michael Kelleher
Drag by Esperance Luvindao
Embalming The Past, Let Us and Homo Sapiensaria by Pedro Vorster
VISUAL ART
Night Watch by Hallie Haller
My Work Is Not Done by Rofhiwa Maneta
Dry Dock by Shawn Van Eeden
EDITORIAL
Stories Find Stories by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Shawn Van Eeden
Issue 3: Stories from a small place…
July, 2020
FICTION
Our Mouths Hold Fire And Water by Jo-Ann Bekker
Body Riddled With Bullets by Jessemuse Cacinda
Where To Put The Things That Hurt by Jason De Klerk
Golden by Coletta Kandemiri
It Will Be Beautiful Again by Mubanga Kalimamukwento
This Little Light Of Mine by Troy Onyango
The Regent by Mohammed Shehu
Only Way To The Future Is Forward by Olivia Walton
NONFICTION
Shadow Man by Nicole Ludolph
Short Story Long 01: Submission by Rémy Ngamije
Literatea 01: The Facts Are Cold When The Tea Is Hot by Zukiswa Wanner
POETRY
Queens In Your Bloodline by Ros Limbo
A Heresia De Eva by Yara Monteiro
Dust Devil and Windhoek Wintering by Don Stevenson
Essentially There Is Nothing Wrong by Pedro Vorster
Fate Of The Departed by Dina Asabea Williams
VISUAL ART
UBhuku LukaMenzi by Mandisa Buthelezi
Lothar Von Throtha’s Ghosts by James Jamu
Vendor Of Dreams by Johan Johnston
Threshold by Nina Van Schalkwyk
Gentle Alpha and Unseen by Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa
EDITORIAL
Stories From A Small Place by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa
Issue 4: Worlds beyond this one…
November, 2020
FICTION
December by Filemon Iiyambo
The Letter by Dalene Kooper
Esmerelda by Natasha Omokhodion-Banda
Itch by Jarred Thompson
Fiction illustrations by Inger Junge from Fragments
NONFICTION
The Roasted Plantain Seller Of East Legon by Bisi Adjapon
Sights And Sounds: Auralgraphs From Cape Town by Vasti Calitz & Andri Burnett
Literatea 02, Part 1: The Journey Is The Joy by Maaza Mengiste
No State Of Emergency: Auralgraphs From Kinshasa by Merdi Mukore
Karibu: Auralgraphs From Nairobi by Ndegwa Nguru
Short Story Long 02: Nonfiction by Zanta Nkumane
Bridge And Birdsong: Auralgraph From Cairo by Youssef Rakha
POETRY
Identité by Ayi Dossavi Renaud
No Fun by Tanveer Jeewa • Film by Ondjaki
What I Am by Undjizuva Kaputjaza
Walk On by Tinotenda Mashumba
A Goddess by Jayson Museta
Green And Greening by Pauline Buhle Ndhlovu
Her Yearning Soul by Beata Nuuyoma
La Fille by Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse
Poetry illustrations by Katherine Hunter from Becoming Home
VISUAL ART
Chrysalis by Namafu Amutse
Old Location by Dieter Hinrichs • Curated by the Basler Afrika Bibliographien Archives
Absent Normal, Normally Absent by Natache Sylvia Iilonga
That Is How We Are Feeling by Indira Mateta
Como Os Frutos and Oriki Para Omolu by Daisy Serena
Reino Angolar and Project Mir Afrika by Kwame Sousa
EDITORIAL
Worlds Beyond This One by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Namafu Amutse
Issue 5: Start/Continue
March, 2021
FICTION
Silhouette by Ndawedwa Denga Hanghuwo
Yellow Woman by Foday Mannah
The Will Of Masks by Ange Mucyo
NONFICTION
Is There A Doctorate In The House? by Frowin Becker
A Sombre School Story by Sindi-Leigh McBride
Literatea 02, Part 2: The Fury Is The Hope by Maaza Mengiste
Spice In The Wind: Auralgraphs From Windhoek by Ndakolute Ndilula
POETRY
From The Fury Of A Dying Sun by Alacia Armstrong
Yoga Practice by Hugh Ellis • Film by Ondjaki
Musical Love Affair by Lamelle Shaw
VISUAL ART
Collateral Beauty by Jeni Andriamiseza
History Like Water by Ruth Dammann • Curated by the Basler Afrika Bibliographien Archives
Carving Out A Home by Summer Du Plessis
Lines and Reach by Immanuel Natangwe Hafeni
Light From Dark Places by Shawn Van Eeden
EDITORIAL
Start/Continue by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Jeni Andriamiseza
Issue 6: Tomorrow/Together
July, 2021
FICTION
A Cure For Loneliness by Tessa Harris
Fatima’s Dog by Abdel Ghani Karamalla • Translated by Adil Babikir
Those That Remain by Roland Watson-Grant
NONFICTION
Literatea 03: Whispers On Fingertips by Ishmael Beah
The Street Below: Auralgraphs From Maputo by Zerene Haddad
Now That I Have Seen You by Silvia K. Ilahuka
Literatea 04: Sentiment With Intention by Sisonke Msimang
Ephemeral States In A Mall Parking Lot by Moso Sematlane
Ouma Sofie’s Gold by Natasha Uys
POETRY
Church Of The Informally Settled by Ndaudika Shefeni
Destined To Go and Escaping Places by Abdel Wahab Yousif • Translated by Adil Babikir
VISUAL ART
The White Lady by Anneliese and Ernst Rudolf Scherz • Curated by the Basler Afrika Bibliographien Archives
Never Too Old To Cut The Banana When Erected by Keyezua
EDITORIAL
Tomorrow/Together by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Romeo Sinkala
Issue 7: Soon/Come
November, 2021
FICTION
The Many Forms Of A Sure Thing by Emmerita Ambata
Letters To Chloe by Roxane Bayer
Meet Cute by Heather Barker
The Plans I Have For You by Kay-Leigh De Sousa
Vara by Delila Katanga
NONFICTION
Literatea 05: Unicorns In Plain Sight by Chiké Frankie Edozien
Song Of The Lake: Auralgraphs From Lilongwe, Salima, and Blantyre by Tamanda Kanjaye
POETRY
The Hunger Of Absence and Windhoek by Kina Indongo
The Muted Bride and The Ripe Time For Pity Parties by Salma Abdulatif
Daughters Of A Witch, Grapefruit and There Isn’t A Word In Your Language For Being Touched by Veripuami Nandee Kangumine
VISUAL ART
Siyah Zibast and Oxford F.C. by Priscillia Kounkou-Hoveyda
Her, Mishal by Mikhailia Petersen
Framing A New Liberated Africa curated by the Basler Afrika Bibliographien Archives
EDITORIAL
Soon/Come by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Collective For Black Iranians
Issue 8: Komesho
May, 2022
FICTION
Drink Her Dew by A. K. Herman
Make It, Pay It by Andelaine Tsowases
NONFICTION
Salsa In Kali: Auralgraph From Cali by Laura Sotelo
Motherhood by Nina Van Zyl
POETRY
Unrest In The Nebula (2), Unrest In The Nebula (3) and The Captive Boy And The Unwinged Biped by Gitan Djeli
The Dust Was Here First and Soil Dances of Kaokoland, Badagry, and Amhara by Vivian Tjijandjeua Ojo
Praise Song For Kangozu, Prince of Rain & Ode To My Childhood Dog by Tjizembua Tjikuzu
VISUAL ART
The Unseen Self curated by the Basler Afrika Bibliographien Archives
When The Land Speaks by Nicola Brandt
EDITORIAL
Komesho by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Namafu Amutse
Issue 9: Vasbyt
September, 2022
FICTION
Misdirection by Charmaine //Gamxamus
One Man’s Trash by Karin Eloff
A Song In D Minor by Mbozie Haimbe
NONFICTION
Deliver Me, Anvil by Frowin Becker
Some Near, Some Far: Auralgraphs From Maun, Gaborone, and Borobadilepe by Kenanao Phele
Literatea 06: Stuck Between The Gods And The Graves by Roland Watson-Grant
POETRY
Memory Mapping, My Mother’s Garden, and Pantone by Nia McAllister
VISUAL ART
Bones And Demigods by Taj Francis
In And Out Of A Windhoek Darkroom by Dieter Hinrichs • Curated by the Basler Afrika Bibliographien Archives
The Gift and Oviruru by Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa
EDITORIAL
Vasbyt by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Taj Francis
Issue 10: The Struggle
May, 2023
FICTION
The Seasons Of Beatrice And Katherine by Emmerita Ambata
Jacob’s Technicolour Taxi by Kay-Leigh De Sousa
Their Mother’s Words by Filemon Iiyambo
NONFICTION
Literatea 07: I Am My Safe Space by Leye Adenle
Sunny Days: Auralgraphs From Mbabane by Siye Dlamini
Early Morning, Almost Midnight: Auralgraphs From Mussulo by Ondjaki
POETRY
A New Song and Tonight I Am The Ocean by Charmaine //Gamxamus
How Things Are And How They Happen and Our Last Conversation by Kina Indongo
The Jackal Who Prepares You For Marriage and Your Body Is A Changing Season by Veripuami Nandee Kangumine
Beloved Step-Child and She Lay There by Ros Limbo
Edhina Ekugidho and Love, Reimagined by Frieda Mukufa
Jamal and Who Did You Leave Under The Sea by Keith Vries
VISUAL ART
To Fable The Ori by Daisy Serena and Sérgio Silva
Windhoek To Khartoum, 1960: Photographing People Whose History I Did Not Know by Dieter Hinrichs • Curated by the Basler Afrika Bibliographien Archives
EDITORIAL
The Struggle by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Daisy Serena & Sérgio Silva
Issue 11: The Stillness
September, 2023
FICTION
The Hermit by Kojo Baffoe
Where Do I Start? by Maria Iita
NONFICTION
Literatea, 08: People Are Humans Before They Are Anything Else by Ellen Banda-Aaku
Until Next Time: Auralgraphs From Lusaka by Fiske Serah Nyirongo
POETRY
Current, Dark, and In This Season by A. K. Herman
In An Old Gift Bag and Into The Graveyard by Pauline Buhlebenkosi Ndhlovu
VISUAL ART
A Meeting Of Art And Science and How Frankenstein Created A Character by Katherine Hunter
Lost And Found and Phillip And Guillermo by James Jamu
Chasing Chords and Streetscapes by Rofhiwa Maneta
EDITORIAL
The Stillness by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Katherine Hunter
Issue 12: The Crossing
December, 2023
FICTION
Ushabti by Hana Gamon
V And Jen by Tjimamutja Pehape Katjiuongua
The Deer’s Tale by Cosmata Lindie
Granpa’s Smoke by Demoy Lindo
NONFICTION
Literatea, 09: Unusual Griefs And Unusual Happinesses by Yewande Omotoso
POETRY
A Departed Body And Soul and A Road by Scholastika Namutenya Negongo
VISUAL ART
Solitude by Luigi Arnat
Kasino Street by Natache Sylvia Iilonga
Monolithic: Architectural Snapshots by Hans and Trudy Jenny • Curated by the Basler Afrika Bibliographien Archives
EDITORIAL
The Crossing by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Luigi Arnat