adda Magazine’s 2022 collection Speak OUT! celebrates fiction, poetry, and nonfiction on topics related to freedom of expression such as gender, queer experience, and racial identity.
Speak OUT! is curated and edited by Brenda Lee-Browne, Beatrice Lamwaka, Rifat Munim and Peter Sipeli. The collection began with a call for submissions on the theme of freedom of expression and the sub-themes of gender, LGBTQIA+, race/ethnicity, and politics, among others. The collection is comprised of four issues, each featuring an introduction by one editor and seven to eight works of fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction.
We are so proud of the adda Magazine and Speak OUT! editorial teams for their dedication to publishing excellent work! adda is the online literary magazine of the Commonwealth Foundation and publishes creative content by writers and illustrators belonging to the Commonwealth countries.
The published Speak OUT! issues include work by some of Africa’s renowned authors including award-winning Zambian author Mubanga Kalimamukwento, South African author Christine Coates, Kenyan writer Kabubu Mutua, and Nigerian author Som Adedayor, to name a few.
See the content list for the issue below. Go here to access the four Speak OUT! issues.
Table of Contents
Speak OUT! Issue 1
Issue 1 is curated and introduced by Peter Sipeli.
Editorial Issue 1 – Tudei Kei Na Kaukawa | Peter Sipeli
Things Must Change | Lloyd D’Aguilar
Chaos Theory & Non-Binary Worship | Nnadi Samuel
Birds at the Border | Meera Ganapathi
Fish Nor Fowl | Christine Coates
Atiya Firewood | Lisa Latouche
Speak OUT! Issue 2
Issue 2 is curated and introduced by Beatrice Lamwaka.
Editorial Issue 2 – We Must Speak Out! | Beatrice Lamwaka
In Fetters, Silent and Lonely | Rebecca Mathai
Botched Affection | Calpernia Nicole Charles
A Matter of Time | Kabubu Mutua
Yesterday, I Cried | Shanette Monrose
On Mimicry & Dream Dangling a Dead Bird | Sujash Purna
Fish & Merchant | Topher Allen
Speak OUT! Issue 3
Issue 3 is curated and introduced by Brenda Lee Browne.
Editorial Issue 3 – Talk As Me Like | Brenda Lee Browne
The Architecture of Disdain: When Freedom | Mary Rokonadravu
The River of Stolen Words | Ramya Jirasinghe
Hair/Her Emancipation | Nadine Tomlinson
A Doctor, A Lawyer, An Engineer Or A Shame To | Mubanga Kalimamukwento
Dis Language Ah Speak | Hannah Singh
A Gathering of Butterflies | Lynette Hazel
Speak OUT! Issue 4
Issue 4 is curated and introduced by Rifat Munim.
Editorial Issue 4 – Let These Birds Fly | Rifat Munim
Publishing: A Journey of Instability | Ahmedur Chowdhury
Do You See Them? & Ansar | Lisa Suhair Majaj
The Brief Life of A Beautiful Thing | Fui Can-Tamakloe
Children of Death | Santanu Bhattacharya
I Will Always Love You Like Whitney Houston | Som Adedayor
Imbambazi & Homing Birds | Alice Wangui
Rumah Ibu & The Riot, The Bodhisattva | May Chong
We Run Free (For Ahmaud) & Camera | Tao Howard
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