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In three parts, the writers investigate these liminal spaces and rail against the boxes in which others seek to confine them, as writers, as Africans, and as humans.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30fa03c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"30fa03c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20acf28 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"20acf28\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2290a14 e-con-full e-grid e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2290a14\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7f7538 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7f7538\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Journey from the fantastical Heaven\u2019s Mouth where time stands still, to a London bus where a neurodiverse woman steals love to the songs of Tom Jones \u2026 flip the page to Ghana to examine a fertility fetish, or a post-apocalyptic Lesotho where sentient AI uses our emotions against us \u2026 visit the deceptively beautiful islands off the Tanzanian coast, where the ocean is always hungry, and women pay the price. Captive is a riot of imagination, a collision of worlds, and a testament to the shape-shifting nature of the soul. <strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/inkubator-the-anthology\/19566947?ean=9781946395948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to get your copy!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4d8502 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4d8502\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Praise for <em>Captive<\/em><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e77441a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e77441a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ebac27 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1ebac27\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-174c781 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"174c781\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c72b8b e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9c72b8b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a974e61 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a974e61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72e513c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72e513c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">\u201cWith\u00a0<em>Captive: New Short Fiction from Africa<\/em>, Short Story Day Africa once again showcases what is at the heart of African writing\u00a0\u2014\u00a0bold creativity and diversity, proudly unapologetic, and deserving of being read across the globe.\u201d\u2014 <strong>Karen Jennings, Booker Prize\u00a0longlisted\u00a0author of<em>\u00a0An Island<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p class=\"\">\u201cWith <em>Captive<\/em>, Short Story Day Africa upends our expectations of how a short fiction anthology should be put together. In here, all good things come in three. We linger\u2014even luxuriate\u2014in the writers\u2019 imaginations for longer than a single story, witnessing in real time the thrilling shapeshifting of craft, vision, and preoccupation. Televised suicide pacts unfold in unliveable presents. Lovers leave because they want to stay. Girls with three faces defy the limits of space and time. In coastal towns, mountaintop villages, and frazzled memories: stories within stories within stories unfurl in wondrous heres and hereafters. The stories in this anthology, like all good stories, defy cursory summary. And like all good stories: they require digging into. What a wonderful addition to the literary landscape, what a delectable survey of the breadth, and indeed depth, of the African literary imaginary.\u201d \u2014 <strong>Idza Luhumyo, 2022 Caine Prize Winner<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"\">\u201cRelationships\u2014nurtured and betrayed, challenged and discarded\u2014dominate the bulk of the narratives, presented in various genres, including contemporary, dystopic, speculative, even the story-in-verse.\u201d \u2014 <strong><em>Booklist<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p class=\"\">\u201cZadok and Moffett have gathered some seriously skilled, insightful authors. Those authors have poured unflinching and intense visions into these pages. 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