SUNDAY MAGAZINE: 27 NOVEMBER, 2016 Eaten When the Cock Crows Eleni Gage USA Getting the priest to come was easy. But once he arrived, the architect had another demand: “Where’s the rooster?” He explained that traditionally, when the foundations of a house are set, a rooster is killed over the cement, its head buried within, and the body cooked in a feast for the workers. Poetry The Moon Emmanuel-Abdalmasih Samson Nigeria Poetry Building the Great Wall Stephanie Han USA Nonfiction Knowing my Place Cyril Dabydeen Canada Tell him I hope to write about Canadians, as the plane’s engine whirs louder somewhere in the background. Unconsciously I wait for more words of welcome, creating my first experience of life in Canada. Natives with totem poles greeting me, yeah.
