A promotional image showcasing the new direct flight service between Cape Town and Lusaka.
Despite increasingly hostile environments for the LGBTQ community in many parts of Africa, queer literature seems to be experiencing a renaissance of sorts. Historically overlooked, queer characters and their stories are suddenly proliferating, and the authors are winning rave reviews and awards. Big publishing houses in Europe and the United States are getting in on the action, but so are new publishers cropping up across the continent with the goal of publishing African writers for a primarily African audience.