Kemi Cole

A black and white photo of Kemi Cole smiling.

Kemi Cole is a Ugandan writer whose work appears in Lolwe, Omenana, SFWA blog, and various anthologies. She works with young African women to help them find their creative voices through writing and has edited several anthologies featuring their work. She received a residency from Literarisches Colloquium Berlin. She lives in Kampala, where she is working on her first novel.

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Belonging to Me

Kemi Cole  | 
Issue 75.2 Spring 2026

In class that day they talked about male and female anatomy. They talked about this act called sex, and they said that your parents were supposed to have told you about these things.