Notes
1 Macharia does not italicise nor translate the excerpt. I honour his choice by following his example here. Opacity, too, is consistent with the frictions he theorises in his book.
2 Africanus, Leo. 1896. The History and Description of Africa and of the Notable Things Therein Contained translated by John Pory. 3 vols. London: Hakluyt Society.
3 Macharia, Keguro. 2020. “Belated: Interruption.” GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 26 (3): 561–573.