For Sizakele

Fiction. African & African American Studies. LGBT Studies. Women's Studies. Taylor, a queer Nigerian college student, is in a passionate relationship with Lee, a black American basketball-playing pianist. When Taylor develops romantic feelings for Sy, a Cameroonian photographer whose similarities make them instant family, Taylor battles Lee's jealousy. As Taylor encounters challenges to her femme and African identities, she finds ways, through the kinship of her friends, to define herself on her own terms. FOR SIZAKELE addresses transcontinental identity, intimate partner violence, queer gender and how we love as illuminators of who we are.