Jacana Media has released We Shall Remain, the fifth edition of the Gerald Kraak Anthology, featuring an exceptional collection of fiction, non-fiction, photographs and poetry from across Africa. This year’s anthology brings together over 20 distinctive voices exploring themes of gender, social justice, and sexuality through powerful literary expression.

The anthology showcases the remarkable diversity of contemporary African writing, with contributors spanning multiple countries and offering perspectives that range from intimate personal narratives to bold social commentary.

As Jacana Media notes, this profound anthology represents the brilliant and creative work of its contributors, who have made We Shall Remain a significant contribution to contemporary African literature.

Congratulations to all the contributors to We Shall Remain for their exceptional work in creating this powerful collection that continues the Gerald Kraak legacy of using literature as a force for social justice and authentic representation!

List of contributors and their titles below:

  • I will always love you like Whitney Houston / Som Adedayor
  • A needle in the eye of the muse / Abdulmueed Balogun Adewaale
  • Dunes / Michelle K. Angwenyi
  • Their boy / Joshua Chizoma
  • When you are fat and queer and male and black / Prosper Ìféányí
  • Borders of Black / Ntaoleng Patience Labane
  • Nullified / Ntaoleng Patience Labane
  • My poem and I / Ntaoleng Patience Labane
  • Coming out confessions / Motlatio Machaka-Mabeba
  • Unsent letters / Motlatio Machaka-Mabeba
  • Fever tree / Alistair Mackay
  • How to rescue broken men / Alistair Mackay
  • [Evidence: personal effects] A purse full of black / Vuyelwa Maluleke
  • Mamma and me / Masoodah Mohamed
  • Good bitch / Sakeelah Mowzer
  • I have a gigantic open wound and have not bathed in three days / Lumumba Mthembu
  • Salt paper / Wisani Mushwana
  • When Achi lived in London / Duncan Mwangi
  • We see something beautiful / Sthembiso Ngwekazi
  • Ofure / Ewa Gerald Onyebuchi
  • Water body / Ugonna-Ora Owoh
  • Love is a verb / Adaora Raji
  • In this body / Yvette Yaa Konadu Tetteh
  • Strangers / Okpara Ugochukwu
  • Are queens born or created / Mondli Kunene
  • Here and now / Darko Kwasi
  • The vow / Liza Smith.