Cover: Enikö Gömöri
Who am I? I am Mehita Iqani. I have three i's in my name and two eyes in my face. One I in my heart, and a million in my head. I am the product of my parents, the socio-economics of my upbringing, the injustices of the past. I am my acceptances and refusals, my journeys and waitings, my goals and failures, my inspirers and mentors, my hopes and ideas. I am my friends. I am the spider in the middle of a web called ITCH. I am a place for I's to show and eyes to see. I facilitate some form of visibility.
Mehita Iqani – Editor, Itch
South African writer Abigail George talks to Karen Martin about staying true to herself as she negotiates her vocation as a writer, her patriotism as a South African, and her obligations as an African. "Being a writer, a poet, an artist is not a choice. You are either called to it, like [...]
August 16, 2010
Nigerian-born, Nordic-educated writer A-Gonzaga talks to Karen Martin about becoming Finnish and staying African. "What nationality-tag should we bestow upon that person who begins his mornings with rye bread, makes summer trips to local restaurants that serve elk meat, listens to [...]
August 16, 2010
The theme for the next issue of ITCH has been decided. :) For more details, go here.
August 6, 2010
Kenya based writer Karest Lewela talks to Karen Martin about redefining what is African by listening to the past and mapping out the future.
"I hope to inspire a reflection on how we ended up 'here', and whether being here is the right place to be if we are to achieve our best [...]
"I hope to inspire a reflection on how we ended up 'here', and whether being here is the right place to be if we are to achieve our best [...]
July 27, 2010
Heidi Sincuba talks to Karen Martin about seeing herself and being seen, and how rage fired a wide-eyed Zulu girl in the Netherlands to re-appropriate the African in her work.
"As ridiculous as it is to be represented as anonymous and half-naked somewhere in Africa, that has still seeped into [...]
"As ridiculous as it is to be represented as anonymous and half-naked somewhere in Africa, that has still seeped into [...]
July 27, 2010
Re: You
I like this but the ending didn't satisfy me, it feels unfinished
– Emma Blair