The Prediction by Dal Kular
Read ‘The Prediction’ by Dal Kular, shortlisted for the 2021 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize.
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Wrecking Ball: Conversing with Gina Miller by Maria del Pilar Kaladeen
In this exclusive extract from Wasafiri 110, author Maria del Pilar Kaladeen weaves interview, personal experience, and historical research to explore Gina Miller’s influence and work.
Hazel and Fiver by Shamini Sriskandarajah
Read Shamini Sriskandarajah’s tender life writing piece ‘Hazel and Fiver’, shortlisted for the 2021 Wasafiri New Writing Prize.
The Books That Didn’t Make Me by Jessica Gaitán Johannesson
Read Jessica Gaitán Johannesson, Wasafiri‘s Writer-in-Residence, on the books that made and unmade her, and why reading alone can’t save the world.
‘The poetics of skin’: Kayo Chingonyi’s Introduction to ‘More Fiya’
Read an exclusive extract from Kayo Chingonyi’s introduction to More Fiya, an anthology of Black British poetry.
Futures: African Imaginings by Irenosen Okojie
Irenosen Okojie on the innovation of African artists and entrepreneurs working for a better future, in the latest of Wasafiri‘s Global Dispatches.
The Song of Life by Usha Rungoo
Read Usha Rungoo’s complex, searching essay ‘The Song of Life’, shortlisted for the 2022 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize.
‘Discontent, Spray Paint and Desire’: On Trans Literary Activism
In this exclusive extract from Wasafiri 109, Nat Raha, Sabah Choudrey, C N Lester, and Roz Kaveney discuss how in the face of racial capitalism, literature and community can act as a lifeline of connection and creative expression for trans and non binary people.
‘The everyday haunting of inherited trauma’: Sabba Khan on her graphic memoir The Roles We Play
In this interview, Sabba Khan talks about her graphic memoir ‘The Roles We Play’, alongside questions of identity, culture, family and belonging.