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Tag: Jalada Africa

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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