Queer Africa 2

New Stories

edited by Makhosazana Xaba, Karen Martin

In Queer Africa 2: New Stories,
the 26 stories by writers from Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone,
Somalia, South Africa, Uganda and the USA present exciting and varied
narratives on life. There are stories on desire, disruption and dreams;
others on longing, lust and love. The stories are representative of the
range of human emotions and experiences that abound in the lives of
Africans and those of the diaspora, who identify variously along the
long and fluid line of the sexuality, gender and sexual orientation
spectrum in the African continent. Centred in these stories and in their
attendant relationships is humanity. The writers showcase their
artistry in storytelling in thought-provoking and delightful ways.

This anthology comes after the rousing international success of, Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction (2013) which won the won the 26th Lambda Literary Award
for the fiction anthology category in 2014, and was translated into
Spanish in the same year. It is now used to teach literature and queer
theory at prestigious universities in South Africa.

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About the editors

Makhosazana Xaba

MAKHOSAZANA
XABA is the author of two poetry collections: these hands (2005) and,
Tongues of their Mothers (2008). Her poetry has been anthologized
widely, translated into Italian, Mandarin and Turkish and also available
from the Cambridge Poetry Archive. She is the editor of, Like the
untouchable wind: An anthology of poems (2016). Her collection of
collection of fiction, Running & other stories (2013), won the SALA
Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award in 2014. Her short story “Running” won
the Deon Hofmeyr Prize for Creative Writing in 2005 and was
anthologised in, 20 Best Short Stories of South Africa’s Democracy, in
2014. She has co-edited three anthologies; Proudly Malawian: Life
Stories from lesbian and gender-nonconforming individuals (2016) and
Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction (2013) which won the 26th Lambda
Literary Award for the fiction anthology category in 2014 and was
translated in Spanish in the same year. In 2017, Queer Africa 2: New
Fiction is coming out. Xaba holds an MA in Writing (with distinction)
from The University of the Witwatersrand.

Karen Martin

Karen Martin is a fiction writer, collage artist and professional editor. In 2010, she published her first stories in Itch, a South African-based multimedia online journal. In 2011, she was awarded a fellowship to Syracuse University’s three-year creative writing MFA program. In 2012, she was artist-in-residence at the Norman Mailer Writers Colony and the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild. In 2013, she was awarded the Allen and Nirelle Galson Prize for Fiction by Stone Canoe, a journal that showcases artists and writers with ties to Upstate New York. Karen has initiated and developed several projects for gala, including Balancing Act, a book and exhibition of South African lgbti youth life stories, and Till the Time of Trial, a booklet featuring the prison letters of lgbti and hiv/aids activist Simon Nkoli. She is the co-editor of Sex and Politics, a collection of essays, memoirs and archival documents about the South African lgbti rights movement and the anti-apartheid struggle. She is a member of the gala board of trustees.