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    2016 Vol. 4

    This Image of Bi Kidude

      I have never seen a woman ride a drum before, like a goddess rides a tiger...I have never seen an artist / male or female… Read More

    Ndinda Kioko
    by Ndinda Kioko
    15 April 2016
    # Ndinda Kioko # Trans-African
    2016 Vol. 3

    Stones and Memory

    We forget to remember the names of those we killed on our way here. —Keguro Macharia They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise… Read More

    Ndinda Kioko
    by Ndinda Kioko
    18 March 2016
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    2016 Vol. 3

    Image of Displacement

    A small crowd waits, standing or sitting, bending or kneeling, reclining or at attention. Some have turned to stare. Some are glancing away. Those who turn to stare… Read More

    Emmanuel Iduma
    by Emmanuel Iduma
    18 March 2016
    2016 Vol. 2

    Bad Humor

      Arabs on the upper half of the drawing. Their dress: headscarves, and long white garments. Limp Black bodies on the lower half. Some lying on the… Read More

    Moses Serubiri
    by Moses Serubiri
    19 February 2016
    2016 Vol. 2

    Regarding Insurgency

      I begin with facts available in the public record. Sometime in mid-May 1899, the Benin warrior known as General Ologbosere was captured for leading a guerrilla… Read More

    Emmanuel Iduma
    by Emmanuel Iduma
    19 February 2016
    2016 Vol. 2

    The City as a Photograph

      A city adopts a certain shape, an arrangement that can be seen even in its absence. Somewhere in my childhood, there is an image of… Read More

    Ndinda Kioko
    by Ndinda Kioko
    19 February 2016
    # Ndinda Kioko # Trans-African
    2016 Vol. 1

    The Khanga is Present

        Memories of my grandmother come to me in many forms. One that stands out is a ritual of inheritance that follows her death in… Read More

    Ndinda Kioko
    by Ndinda Kioko
    15 January 2016
    # Ndinda Kioko # Trans-African
    2016 Vol. 1

    Face in the Archive

    Three boys are standing in the sun. Their foreheads, glass-like, reflect flashes of light. Shadows fall across their necks, reaching their shoulder blades. After days of repeated looking,… Read More

    Emmanuel Iduma
    by Emmanuel Iduma
    15 January 2016
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