A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
May Issue, 2024
Kalīla wa-Dimna: an inspiring literary-political fable
Kalīla wa-Dimna (كليلة ودمنة), a book of animal fables, has has been translated into many languages over time and has become a text that has permeated political and moral philosophies around the world.
The Inside Room
In which we quote extensively from Jane Eyre and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and find connections between the two.
April Issue, 2024
A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
Mother Courage and Her Children
“I see that. In one sense it’s a war because of all the cheating, plunder, rape, and so forth, but it’s different from all other wars because it’s a religious war and therefore pleasing unto God.”
My Afro-kwea journal #3: Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
“First of all, let me say: Chinelo Okparanta, you have my heart. For daring to write a novel that tackles so many taboos – queer love, religion, politics – all wrapped in the language of African idiom and folklore.”
February Issue, 2024
All of the articles from the past month for people who like to savor their magpies’ tidings as an issue.
My Afro-kwea diary: #2
My Afro-kwea Journal, entry #2: The Death of Vivek Oji By Akwaeke Emezi
My Afro-kwea diary: #1
My goal is to read solely Afro-kwea books for at least the next year. Aside from my anger at the dismissal of African lives elsewhere, this ambition was also motivated by a new wave of homophobia that has spread across the continent … My goal is to counter this intolerance by doing my bit to increase our visibility.
Flesh in all of its beauty: Zola’s Nana and Saint Phalle’s Nanas
“Don’t make her witty, which would be a mistake. She is nothing but flesh, but flesh in all of its beauty. And, I repeat, a good-natured girl.”
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