Skip to content
Saturday, January 16, 2021
James Murua's African Literature Blog

James Murua's African Literature Blog

Archiving African and Black Literature
James Murua's African Literature Blog
  • Home
  • About
  • Festivals
  • Podcast
  • LiveStream
  • Donate
  • Contact

Tag: Jalada Africa

Flag of Burundi
Burundi Poetry

New poetry anthology seeks submissions from Burundi nationals

James Murua April 7, 2017 No Comments Africa WritesHuza PressJalada Africa

A new anthology titles A Song for Burundi is seeking submissions from Burundians living in exile. Huza Press in collaboration with Africa Writes and Jalada…

View More New poetry anthology seeks submissions from Burundi nationals
Anthologies Book Events Kenya

Jalada Africa to launch Languages Anthology

James Murua November 10, 2015 No Comments Aleya KassamAnnette ManjanjaJaladaJalada AfricaOduor OdukuSitawa Namwalie

Jalada Africa will launch their Languages Anthology, their fourth, this Saturday at the Creatives Garage, off Ngong Road, Nairobi on Saturday, November 14th 2015. We…

View More Jalada Africa to launch Languages Anthology
Anthologies Kenya Zimbabwe

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor continues the Jalada Conversations

James Murua August 31, 2015 No Comments JaladaJalada AfricaJalada ConversationsNovuyo Rosa TshumaYvonne Adhiambo Owuor

The other week I talked about our friends from Jalada and their innovative way they are introducing their new Languages anthology. They are doing thing…

View More Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor continues the Jalada Conversations
Congo Cote D'Ivoire

Richard Ali A Mutu kicks off Jalada Conversations

James Murua August 20, 2015 No Comments Africa39Edwige-Renée DroJalada AfricaJalada ConversationsRichard Ali A Mutu

Richard Ali A Mutu popularly known as Richard Ali is a very special man. He came to our attention last year for a story in…

View More Richard Ali A Mutu kicks off Jalada Conversations
Festivals

​Port Harcourt Lit Fest hosts the Africa 39

James Murua October 30, 2014 No Comments Jalada AfricaMehul GohilPort Harcourt Literature FestivalPort Harcourt World Book Capital

Last week was the Port Harcourt Literature Festival in the city of Port Harcourt in Nigeria. The highlight was of course the Africa 39 writers…

View More ​Port Harcourt Lit Fest hosts the Africa 39
Anthologies

Jalada Africa seeks your porn and sex stories

James Murua March 12, 2014 No Comments Call OutsClifton GachaguaJalada AfricaKeguro Macharia

Jalada Africa is a brilliant new initiative to bring new African voices to the literary landscape. Their first collection of stories was Sketch of a…

View More Jalada Africa seeks your porn and sex stories
Anthologies Fiction

Jalada Africa’s first short story anthology out

James Murua January 29, 2014 No Comments Jalada Africa

Jalada Africa is a pan-African writers’ collective aimed at publishing literature by African authors regularly. The idea is to make it as easy as possible…

View More Jalada Africa’s first short story anthology out

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 18,060 other subscribers.

Recent Comments

  • 2020... the literary festival, book fair circuits - Naija Times on Coronavirus: African Literature Association 2020 Conference cancelled.
  • 2020... the literary festival, book fair circuits - Naija Times on Covid-19: Salon International Du Livre d’Alger set to move online.
  • Literary Festivals and Book Fairs in African and Black Literature in 2020 - Naija Times on Nairobi International Book Fair 2020 starts on September 24.
  • Literary Festivals and Book Fairs in African and Black Literature in 2020 - Naija Times on Covid-19: Ghana International Book Fair 2020 postponed.
  • Literary Festivals and Book Fairs in African and Black Literature in 2020 - Naija Times on FEMRITE’s Week of Literary Activities starts today, October 26.
James Murua's African Literature Blog | Designed by: Theme Freesia | WordPress | © Copyright All right reserved