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Kuln’Zu Zucule

Kuln’Zu Zucule is an artist, scholar, and poet from Maputo, living in Nairobi. Their poetry appears in Brittle Paper, Kalahari Review, and The Shallow Tales Review. Their visual artistry is a sustained meditation on Afroqueerness through urban cultural production, migration, and movement.

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Body as Rebellion

By Kuln’Zu Zucule

I. Every session begins with lighting tests. Tentative shutter clicks as you shift how shadow drapes the nose, the right ear, a corner. More shutter clicks. (Is the battery charged?) […]