To Love and Be Loved Loudly and Ungovernably, Knowing We Were Never Meant to Survive: Necessary Fiction Review
The Truth Circle is not where the story begins, but it is where every necessary fiction tumbles and unfurls out […]
Shingai Njeri Kagunda
Shingai Njeri Kagunda is an Afrofuturist freedom dreamer, Swahili sea lover, and Femme Storyteller among other things, hailing from Nairobi, Kenya. She is currently pursuing a Literary Arts MFA at Brown University. Shingai’s short story “Holding Onto Water” was longlisted for the Nommo Awards 2020 & her flash fiction “Remember Tomorrow in Seasons” was shortlisted for the Fractured Lit Prize 2020. She has been selected as a candidate for the Clarion UCSD Class of 2020/2021. #clarionghostclass. She is also the co-founder of Voodoonauts: an afrofuturist workshop for black writers.
Unsheathing the Imagination: A Conversation with Eloghosa Osunde
Fantasy Magazine co-editor-in-chief Shingai Njeri Kagunda speaks with author Eloghosa Osunde. Hi Eloghosa! Thank you for sharing the magic of
Blackman’s Flight in 4 Parts
Part 1. / Blackman knew lack / Of gravity before gravity / had a name / Black man flew before he was told to / Till the ground / Till the ground / Till the ground / Till he forget to look at the sky / Till Blackman forget he knew how to fly
And This is How to Stay Alive
Kabi finds my body swinging. I watch my sister press her back against the wall and slide to the ground. My mother shouts, “Kabi! Nyokabi!” No response. “Why are you not answering? Can you bring that brother of yours!” My sister is paralyzed, she cannot speak, she cannot move, except for the shivers that take hold of her spine and reverberate through the rest of her without permission. She is thinking No, no, no, no, no. But the word is not passing her lips which only open and close soundlessly. Mum is coming down the stairs.