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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 & 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 & Bearer Of Rumours by Verushcka Garises
Cape Town Tourist by Michael Kelleher
Drag by Esperance Luvindao
Embalming The Past, Let Us & 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 & 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 & 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
Auralgraph, Cape Town: Sights And Sounds by Vasti Calitz & Andri Burnett
Literatea 02 – Part 1: The Journey Is The Joy by Maaza Mengiste
Auralgraph, Kinshasa: No State Of Emergency by Merdi Mukore
Auralgraph, Nairobi: Karibu by Ndegwa Nguru
Short Story Long 02: Nonfiction by Zanta Nkumane
Auralgraph, Cairo: Bridge And Birdsong 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 Basler Afrika Bibliographien Archives
Absent Normal, Normally Absent by Natache Sylvia Iilonga
That Is How We Are Feeling by Indira Mateta
Como Os Frutos & Oriki Para Omolu by Daisy Serena
Reino Angolar & 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
Auralgraph, Windhoek: Spice In The Wind 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 Basler Afrika Bibliographien Archives
Carving Out A Home by Summer Du Plessis
Lines & 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
Auralgraph, Maputo: The Street Below 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 & Escaping Places by Abdel Wahab Yousif • Translated by Adil Babikir
VISUAL ART
The White Lady by Anneliese and Ernst Rudolf Scherz • Curated by 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
Auralgraph, Lilongwe, Salima, and Blantyre: Song Of The Lake by Tamanda Kanjaye
POETRY
The Hunger Of Absence & Windhoek by Kina Indongo
The Muted Bride & The Ripe Time For Pity Parties by Salma Abdulatif
Daughters Of A Witch, Grapefruit & There Isn’t A Word In Your Language For Being Touched by Veripuami Nandee Kangumine
VISUAL ART
Siyah Zibast & Oxford F.C. by Priscillia Kounkou-Hoveyda
Her, Mishal by Mikhailia Petersen
Framing A New Liberated Africa curated by Basler Afrika Bibliographien Archives
EDITORIAL
Soon/Come by Rémy Ngamije
Cover image: Collective For Black Iranians