The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is:

Queer Africa 2: New Stories, edited by Makhosazana Xaba and Karen Martin.

In Queer Africa 2: New Stories, the 26 stories by writers from Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda and the USA present exciting and varied narratives on life. There are stories on desire, disruption and dreams; others on longing, lust and love. The stories are representative of the range of human emotions and experiences that abound in the lives of Africans and those of the diaspora, who identify variously along the long and fluid line of the sexuality, gender and sexual orientation spectrum in the African continent. Centred in these stories and in their attendant relationships is humanity. The writers showcase their artistry in storytelling in thought-provoking and delightful ways.

This anthology followed the rousing international success of, Queer Africa: New and Collections Fiction (2013), which won the 26th Lambda Literary Award for the fiction anthology category in 2014, and is now used to teach literature and queer theory at prestigious universities in South Africa.

Access: https://univofpretoria.on.worldcat.org/oclc/999091779

This book is available at Special Collections, housed on level 5 of the Merensky 2 Library, and is part of our Africana (ZA) Collection.

The Special Collections unit of the Department of Library Services plays a stewardship role in the acquisition and preservation of the Library's rare and valuable information resources, making them accessible to students, staff and researchers, as well as safeguarding them for future generations.