Prayers for a Cruel, Blessed World – Nawi Anthology

This is a project of the Nawi Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective. The materials in this anthology were collected and collaged by Agazit Abate and Nebila Abdulmelik and designed by Nzilani Simu with the support of Agazit and Nebila. A central character in the creation of this anthology is Crystal Simeoni. A magic maker, she asks, “what is your dream?” and then she gives you what you need to give it life. Crys, you are a blessing. We are thankful for the people we’ve known who’ve inspired the coming pages and for all of the people we’ve met and the works we’ve encountered during this time. We would like to thank Post-Colonialisms Today for sharing their archives with us and for leading us to
The Freedom Archives whose collection is reflected in this anthology. Thank you to The Freedom Archives. We also send gratitude and respect to all those who archive on and offline, making our stories more accessible to us, including our sister colleagues, Elizabeth Maina and Fatimah Kelleher, who run the Nawi repository. Thank you to all of the people whose work and words we’ve included in this anthology. We are grateful for your work and the permission to reproduce it. Notes for the materials collected in this anthology are detailed at the end of the book.

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