The Forest
By M. Nyakara One by one, they are felling the trees. “These thick-headed black men. Do they not…
When grief carries you
By Amaranth-Selah I'm holding onto my sanity by a thread. My mind is trying to kill me. Well…
‘Doing supi’ or something else to be
By Anima Adjepong / @amankrado. An image comes to mind: an empty field of green grass. In the horizon…
I Offer Only These Hands of Mine
By Imani T I am having a lazy evening. Just got off the shower and thinking of turning…
Mama I f**ked up
Dear mama, This time I really did fuck up and it hurt someone that I care about. I…
Fat Gurl Culture – the truth about being a black fat femme.
By Ntombi’Zodidi Mazana I want to start off by saying this - I use the word “gurl” instead…
Go with the flow: Period sex in five scenes (Repost)
By Hamda Lawal When I try to remember the events of that night, I can only start here.…
Exorcising the heteronormative ghost from Afropolitan futures
By Anima Adjepong Recently, I was re-watching Nicole Amartefio’s creative show, An African City. The show follows the lives…
Listen: Pillow princesses put in the work in bed: ‘we not just lying there in bed.’ (podcast)
Noun. Pillow princess (plural pillow princesses) (slang) A person (typically a woman) who wants to receive sexual pleasure but is not…
From Inxeba to Rafiki: state-sanctioned erasure of queer stories in Africa must end now
Movies depicting LGBTIQ experiences have been banned in Kenya and South Africa – adding fuel to the dangerous…