Beverly Johnson on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Italia (1980)

Nigerian-American author Chinelo Okparanta recently compiled a list for Electric Literature of six West African books with an unconventional, defiant approach to gender relations and relationships.

In the end, they are just children

a small and beautiful issue, not the smallest per se but my favourite so far and exactly what I needed for now.

“This list began with a mistake. I’d started collecting the titles of intriguing 2017 books: to read them, of course, but also because I hoped to review more prose in 2017. I soon noticed, though, that the writers I’d assembled in my private most-anticipated roll call bore an alarming resemblance in one respect to lists everywhere, not just the book-related kind (cf. editorial slates, boards of directors, tables of contents): the men outnumbered the women.“

Issa Rae | Complex Magazine

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this piece is also featured in @ishanijasmin‘s passionfruit magazine (issue #4: small and beautiful)

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