Transition Magazine. Volume 5, Number 23, 6 - 1965

Black stapled paper covers with white designs of crosses and a crescent moon. Minor wear to the covers, slight bit of corner curl at bottom and top corners. Contents page has a small ink mark in the bottom margin, otherwise clean and unmarked. Includes poetry by K. William Kgositsile; articles: Socialism as Religion by Shepherd; Caste in India and Africa by Ingutia; Race and Colour at Copenhagen by Mphahlele, Profile of an Afrikaner by Bernstein; It is Better Not to be Sulky by Steward; South Africans Invaluds or Invalidated by Silvey; Their Rhodesia by Kaplan, Poetry Pure and Applied Rabearivelo and Brutus by Abasiekong, along with letters, reviews and editorial content. Transition was an important source for African-centric and African-diasporic culture and literature, a major platform of East African writers and intellectuals. At one time it was sponsored by the CIA — which was unknown by the editors and writers at the time; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 56 pages.