Spring 2024: African Writing – Michigan Quarterly Review

Spring 2024: African Writing

The People of Gehenna

Published in Issue 63.2: Spring 2024 Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader Hank Hietala on why he recommended “The People of Gehenna” by Tom Olali and translated by Richard Prins for the Spring 2024 issue. You can purchase the issue here. “Reader, his name is Eks.” From the first line, Tom Olali’s writing declares itself. This is […]

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Published in Issue 63.2: Spring 2024 Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader Hank Hietala on why he recommended “The People of Gehenna” by Tom Olali and translated by Richard Prins for the Spring 2024 issue. You can purchase the issue here. “Reader, his name is Eks.” From the first line, Tom Olali’s writing declares itself. This is

MMIRI / WATA

Published in Issue 63.2: Spring 2024 To read additional poems by this author and much more, purchase our Spring 2024 issue (available in print and digital forms here.) .CHISARAOKWU. (she/her) is an X-disciplinary poet-artist and a 2023 California Arts Council Fellow. Her work has been supported with fellowships from Anaphora Arts, MacDowell, Cave Canem, and

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Published in Issue 63.2: Spring 2024 To read additional poems by this author and much more, purchase our Spring 2024 issue (available in print and digital forms here.) .CHISARAOKWU. (she/her) is an X-disciplinary poet-artist and a 2023 California Arts Council Fellow. Her work has been supported with fellowships from Anaphora Arts, MacDowell, Cave Canem, and

The Last Voyage of Ibn Battûta

Published in Issue 63.2: Spring 2024 Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader Molly Mittelbach on why she recommended “The Last Voyage of Ibn Battûta” for the Spring 2024 issue. You can purchase the issue here. In Amira-Géhanne Khalfallah’s Tangier, every surface seems to live and breathe. Colorful tiles and “what remains of the frescoes” cling to walls that

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Published in Issue 63.2: Spring 2024 Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader Molly Mittelbach on why she recommended “The Last Voyage of Ibn Battûta” for the Spring 2024 issue. You can purchase the issue here. In Amira-Géhanne Khalfallah’s Tangier, every surface seems to live and breathe. Colorful tiles and “what remains of the frescoes” cling to walls that

Let Them Eat Kandolo

Published in Issue 63.2: Spring 2024 Amainsa 1992—Kabalenge, Zambia Delighted Disgust My grandmother grabs hold of a squirming itchy black worm. She pinches its bottom and its insides squeeze out. A satisfying trail of shimmering black slime dollops into the bowl at her crossed feet, just missing the swirling blue patterns on her chitenge wrapper.

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Published in Issue 63.2: Spring 2024 Amainsa 1992—Kabalenge, Zambia Delighted Disgust My grandmother grabs hold of a squirming itchy black worm. She pinches its bottom and its insides squeeze out. A satisfying trail of shimmering black slime dollops into the bowl at her crossed feet, just missing the swirling blue patterns on her chitenge wrapper.

MY HAIRDRESSER IS DEAD

Published in Issue 63.2: Spring 2024 1. My hairdresser is dead. My dermatologist too. I’m too scared to get in touch with my nail tech, and she hasn’t posted on her Instagram page in three months. Since I moved fifteen thousand kilometres away from Zimbabwe, my glam squad has been falling apart spectacularly, and like

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Published in Issue 63.2: Spring 2024 1. My hairdresser is dead. My dermatologist too. I’m too scared to get in touch with my nail tech, and she hasn’t posted on her Instagram page in three months. Since I moved fifteen thousand kilometres away from Zimbabwe, my glam squad has been falling apart spectacularly, and like

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