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Fairytales For Lost Children

Fairytales For Lost Children

Diriye Osman's 'Fairytales For Lost Children' was a critical and cultural intervention. Read about it here.
We Dream Because We Must

We Dream Because We Must

A transvestite Somali bank clerk moonlights as a torch singer in this sizzling story.
Earthling

Earthling

A schizophrenic lesbian Somali photographer decides to gatecrash her estranged sister's wedding...
Pavilion

Pavilion

A trans Somali nurse working in a mental hospital manipulates the system in order to survive.
This Is How We Soften Our Hearts

This Is How We Soften Our Hearts

A dying Somali woman sends a small parting gift to her estranged transgender daughter.
Shoga

Shoga

Things quickly fall apart in this short story about young lust in Kenya.
If I Were A Dance

If I Were A Dance

Two gay African men re-enact their doomed relationship in the form of a dance recital laced with heartache.
The Memory Snatcher

The Memory Snatcher

A story about superstition, madness and the fight for survival.

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