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Transition is a unique forum for fresh perspectives on global issues, literature and art, cultures and people, with an emphasis on Africa and the diaspora.

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Tushabe walks the reader through the jarring transition from an inclusive upbringing to a contemporary existence under threat. Full link: . Tushabe is an associate professor in the Center for Human & Sexuality Studies at Widener University, PA.
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Nsereko articulates a harrowing personal encounter with queer language as a source of both belonging and division. Full essay: Mark Kennedy Nsereko is a creative writer and lawyer born in Kampala, Uganda. He writes poems, short stories and essays.
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Leilah Babirye, Gunsinze aliwa Bitono, 2023. Wood, wax, acrylic, bolts, nuts, bicycle parts, found objects. Copyright: Babirye. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London & NY, Gordon Robichaux, NY & Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Paris & London. Photo: Mark Blower
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Interviewed by Dagmawi Woubshet, Ashton Crawley discusses how his installation ""HOMEGOING"" merges art and sonics to spiritually memoiralize Black queer church musicians lost to the AIDS crisis. Full interview:
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Meron's verse invokes the rapturous vibrancy of collective prayer. Link: Hana Meron is an Ethiopian-American storyteller based in Albuquerque, NM who believes deeply in joy as a means of Black liberation. b
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Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Red Twins, 2016. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York.Photo © JSP Art Photography. Tunji Adeniyi-Jones is an artist living and working in New York.
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Lamwaka offers a personal window into the stakes of writing and reading others while queer in Uganda. Essay: Beatrice Lamwaka writes for Global Press Journal, an international media organization that produces award-winning journalism.
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A speaker's relationship with the enigmatic S-- complicates their previous ways of knowing and perception. Read: . Endria Isa Richardson is a short story writer based in Oakland, California.
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Micha Serraf, Famba Zvakanaka, 2020. Hahnemüle on Fine Art Baryta. Edition of 7 + 2AP. Courtesy of the artist. Micha Serraf’s practice is centered around rewriting the trauma of displacement with the imagined memory of celebration, homage and childlike wonder.
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Agbaakin's "Disglossia" offers a lyrical insight into living spirit and borderlessness of language. Read here: O-Jeremiah Agbaakin is a doctoral student of Creative Writing at the University of Georgia, Athens, and the author of The Sign of the Ram .
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Sway to Kiconco's verse stuffed with kinetic energy. Link: Gloria Kiconco is a poet, essayist, and zine-maker based in Kampala, Uganda.
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Tamary Kudita, That Evening Sun Goes Down, 2020. Digital Print. Image courtesy of Tamary Kudita. Link to issue: Tamary Kudita is a Zimbabwean fine art photographer exploring African identity and cultural duality.
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A lively conversation between writers Sarah Ladipo Manyika and Bernardine Evaristo about the international linkages between art-making and activism. Full interview:
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Darkroom Studio Mirror, 2021. Dye-Sublimation on Aluminum in Artist Frame, 11 x 14 inches. Courtesy the Artist, Vielmetter Los Angeles, DOCUMENT Gallery, Bortolami Gallery and Galerie Peter Kilchmann. Paul Mpagi Sepuya is a Los Angeles-based artist working in photography.
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A moving account of the speaker’s journey of inner strength and diasporic discovery through his practice of capoeira. Full story: Andre Clarke is a writer, a husband and father that currently resides in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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A tender recollection of a schoolgirl's desire for her classmate, Linda, with whom she shares an intimacy that poses grave consequences if discovered. Full story: Kurotakaya is a Ugandan short story writer, scriptwriter, poet and blogger.
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Modupeola Fadugba, How to do a Platform Lift, 2016. Acrylic & ink on Burned Paper. Courtesy of the Artist. Modupeola Fadugba is a Nigerian multi-media artist known for her dynamic practice combining painting, drawing, and socially engaged installations.
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This poem is a hopeful call for healing which bears clear-eyed witness to the lasting trauma of genocide. Full poem here: . Zama Madinana is a South African poet, based in Johannesburg.
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A gripping tale about a woman's struggle to transport her ailing grandson while haunted by the life he risks leaving behind. Read the full story here: . Ber Anena is a Ugandan poet, writer, and performer.
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A man and his doctor navigate their queerness and livelihood under the threat of violence in Kampala. Full story: Jedidiah Mugarura is a storyteller and Runyankore language translator from Kampala, Uganda.
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