WHEN HE PASSED BY ME FOR the first time, I was on my second glass of Venus Portion, a cocktail made out of ginger beer, vodka, cherries, and something else. I swear I wasn’t drunk, I swear he looked at me or maybe inside my head I made him look at me with his brown eyes. […]
Tag Archives: Literature Humanizing Queerness
Kabaka Magazine, Co-founded by Romeo Oriogun and Chibuihe Achimba, Is Set to Amplify Queer Voices in African Literature | Read Issue #1
In late 2016, the Nigerian poets Romeo Oriogun and Chibuihe Achimba began discussing the possibility of creating a platform for queer writers. Both writers had no clout then, no precedent to model their idea on, and were driven only by years of receiving rejection emails from African magazine editors who repeatedly emphasized that they did not […]
Chike Frankie Edozien’s Lives Of Great Men Wins LAMBDA Award for Gay Memoir
Chike Frankie Edozien’s Lives of Great Men: Living and Loving as an African Gay Man has won the LAMBDA Literary Award for Gay Memoir. Last October, we brought news of Lives of Great Men and its standing as the first memoir by a Nigerian about LGBTQ life in Nigeria. Organised by Lambda Literary, the US’ oldest and largest literary arts organization […]
Review | Cassava Republic’s “She Called Me Woman: Nigeria’s Queer Women Speak” | Cisi Eze
Publication Date: TBA. Publisher: Cassava Republic Press. Number of Pages: 342. *** Art is most beautiful when we find pieces of ourselves in it, when it resonates with our realities or what we want our realities to be. She Called Me Woman: Nigeria’s Queer Women Speak transcends beautiful. This history-making opus will shake the tables […]
Cassava Republic Unveils Anthology Cover for “She Called Me Woman: Nigeria’s Queer Women Speak”
Cassava Republic has unveiled the cover for the forthcoming anthology, She Called Me Woman: Nigeria’s Queer Women Speak. The anthology, to be released on 24 April of this year, collects 25 first-hand accounts that challenge stereotypes about being lesbian, bisexual and trans women in Nigeria. In an email to Brittle Paper, Cassava Republic’s communications and […]
14: An Anthology of Queer Art | Vol. 2: “The Inward Gaze”
A few days ago, we announced the gorgeous cover for the LGBTQI art collective 14’s second volume, which featured snippets from Taiye Selasi and 2016 Brunel Prize winner Gbenga Adesina. The anthology is now here, as a downloadable e-book. A group whose editors use pseudonyms, 14 took its name from the 14-year jail term prescribed […]
Dear Mr. Brittle | Has “Queer Literature” Become a “Trend” in Africa?
“Dear Mr. Brittle” is a new Brittle Paper series in which our deputy editor Otosirieze Obi-Young tackles questions gathering on social media. Different writers will occasionally be invited to answer questions in the series. New questions or response essays can be sent to brittlesubmissions@gmail.com with the header “Dear Mr. Brittle.” * DEAR MR. BRITTLE, Many […]
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