Through fiction, essays, interviews, poetry, photography and art, contributors examine and redefine rigid notions of essential knowledge. Contributors include Amiri Baraka, Coco Fusco, Karen Press, Steve Coleman, Dambudzo Marechera Binyavanga Wainaina, Akin Adesokan, Isoje Chou, Sean O’Toole, Pradip Krishen, E. C. Osundu, Salim Washington, Sefi Atta, Ed Pavlic, Neo Muyanga, Henri-Michel Yere, Medu Arts Ensemble, Aryan Kaganof, Khulile Nxumalo, Walter Mosley and many others.