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Fresh and electrifying—stories, poems, and essays by African and diaspora writers, edited by author Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond.

Relations punctures the human illusion of separation. New and established storytellers reshape the narratives that divide and subjugate, revealing the truth of our shared humanity despite differences in language, identity, class, gender, and beyond. This vital anthology is Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond’s striking vision of a meeting place of perspectives, centered in the African and diaspora experience.

In a post-Black Panther world, it is an urgent and welcome embrace of the diversity of Blackness. A refreshing collection of genre-spanning literature, it offers a vibrant meditation on being—inviting connection across real and imagined borders, and celebration of the most profound relations.

ISBN-13: 9780063089044

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Publication Date: 01-17-2023

Pages: 464

Product Dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond is the author of the children's picture book Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky, illustrated by Caldecott Honor Artist Daniel Minter; and the young adult novel Powder Necklace. Her short fiction for adult readers is included in the anthologies Accra Noir, Africa39, New Daughters of Africa, FIRSL, Everyday People, and Woman's Work. Her writing has also appeared in Now2, African Writing, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Sunday Salon. She lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Nanyuman Ayesha Harruna Attah 12

So long and Fuji-san Mogolodi Bond 35

The Body Is More than a Landfill and Less than All That I Am Sarah Uheida 39

To the woman who accused me of breastfeeding the madam's child and By Any Other Name Phillippa Yaa de Villiers 48

Ezouga and Post mortem Bahia Mahmud H. Awah 63

Daughter of a Bedouin Chief Miral a1-Tahawy 66

God's Plan Boakyewaa Glover 92

Her Sweetie, Her Sugarcane Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda 116

Krifé Chiké Frankie Edozien 142

Queens and Sleeping Beauty (of Borehamwood) and Waterstones and Ode to a Discarded Face Mask and Denouement Dami Ajayi 165

Finding Descartes Reem Gaafar 171

Fulbright Rémy Ngamije 199

Dirty Money Kim Coleman Foote 210

The Killmonger Doctrine of Color and Humanity Joe Robert Cole 235

Churai Fatima Camara 243

[Coolitude: ce balisier-mirador] Khal Torabully 246

This Tangible Thing Yejide Kilanko 249

In a Yellow Dress with Red Flowers Lillian Akampurira Aujo 271

A Honey-Headed Child Nana Nyarko Boateng 287

Napoleão Conceição Lima 303

Atat Arao Ameny 306

Sontem and Në na'a mpúrí haalo and En la puerta primavera Recardeo Sileba Boturu 317

Lagos Wives Club Vanessa Walters 321

I Am Lost! Richard Ali A Mutu K 337

Poor Men Have Too Much Ego Edwige-Renée Dro 346

Sundays in Nairobi Jacquelynn Kerubo 361

Mbuya Baines Makanaka Mavengere 370

The Swagger Stick Man of June Fifteen Chuma Nwokolo 384

The Heart of the Father Enuma Okoro 390

Trophy Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond 415

Célebrons la culture Salma Khalil 417

Word maker Ayi Renaud Dossavi-Alipoeh 419

Contributors 427

Thank You 447

A Note on the Cover 449

About the Editor 451