Jude Dibia is an author and queer rights advocate, and winner of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Prose Prize. He has been shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature, the Commonwealth Prize and the Swedish Natur & Kultur Prize. His debut novel, Walking with Shadows, is the first full-length Nigerian novel to centre queer lives. He lives in Sweden, where he works with displaced artists through Malmö City’s refuge programme.Olumide F. Makanjuola is a sexual health and rights advocate focused on LGBTQ+ issues. His work centres on expanding public understanding of queer lives through new and alternative narratives. He is an alumnus of the International Visitor Leadership Program and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society.

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• TableOf Contents Introduction   ThePast Was More Accepting Than The Future       IWas Never Alone With My Mother’s LoveMySexuality Is Part Of Me, But It Does Not Define Me      DoNot Rely Too Much On Labels, For Too Often They Are Fables            NavigatingLoneliness            TheMany Faces Of Love Offers No Safety  ADivine Life In Darkness, A Liberated Life In Light          BetweenA Rock And A Hard Place   AsLong As I Love Myself, I Will Be Fine    WhenI Am No Longer Afraid, I Will Stop Being Perfect    MyFuture Is Not With A Woman      MySexuality Does Not Affects My Faith      EveryMan Is Born Gay          WaitingOn The Sideline For The Life I Desire         DespitePitfalls, I Have Triumphed In My SexualityIAm Queer. This Is Who I Am          MyActivism Is To Protect Vulnerable People           SwingingBoth Ways With A Solid MarriageIWill Continue To Survive Within This EnvironmentItIs Not What I Do, It Is Who I Am  SteppingstonesTo HappinessIWas Forced To Come Out   IfYour Son Asks For Bread, Will You Give Him A Stone?TheTide Will Determine How Well The Pendulum Will Swing