Isele Magazine released its much-anticipated, visually-stunning queer-themed issue titled “Queer Joy” this August.
The issue is edited by founding editor Ukamaka Olisakwe, Yvonne Wabai, who also takes credit for the cover design, and Chideraa Ike-Akaenyi. The cover is beautifully illustrated by Taylor Madison.
Kudos to Isele Magazine for their dedication to publishing excellent work! The submission call earlier in the year sought pieces of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography and visual art that “centers and celebrates queer joy in literature.” The published issue includes work by some of Africa’s rising stars including Nora Nneka, who won the inaugural Isele Magazine Prize for Nonfiction, Ishola Abdulwasiu Ayodele, and Yvonne Wangithi, to name a few.
See the content list for the issue below. Go here to access the full “Queer Joy” issue.
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Table of Contents
Fiction
What Manner Of Man | Ali Akawu
The Second Coming | Mosa Neema Rabannye
Reflections In Turkish Coffee | Isabelle Quilty
passionfruit | Yannick Mutombo
When James Baldwin Came To Atlanta | Charles Stephens
An Extra Hour Of Life | Dave Bachmann
Finding Ozo | Akinyemi Olajesutofunmi
The Tenderness Of Iron | Ishola Abdulwasiu Ayodele
Art & Photography
Fluid Forms, Freedom Embodied | Thandiwe Gula-Ndebele
An Imaginary Garden With Real Toads In Them | Saturn Akin
Review
A Manual For Magic In Osunde’s VAGABONDS | Oluchi S. Agboola
Poetry
When I see the phrase “queer joy” and my mind goes | Rafiat Lamidi
elegy for my best friend’s tits | Madeline Turner
Three Poems | André Le Mont Wilson
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