Literary collective Jalada has put out a call for submissions for their ninth anthology. Founded in 2013, their seven-year existence has seen the release of several successful anthologies and ambitious projects, such as the publication of a short story by Ngugi wa Thiong’o in 33 languages. Jalada is currently asking writers to contribute to their […]
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EVENT | Jalada 07: After+Life Anthology Launch & Binyavanga Memorial at McMillan Memorial Library, Nairobi
Jalada Africa will be launching its newest anthology, Jalada 07: After+Life, on Friday, 31 May, at Mc Millan Memorial Library, Nairobi. Jalada 07: After+Life is “a series of reflections that bear fresh and insightful literary takes on the question of life after death,” and features “poetic dirges, new myths and short stories by writers based […]
Jalada Announces New Leadership for 2018 to 2020
Jalada Africa has announced a new leadership. The Nairobi-based pan-African writers’ collective has been led by Moses Kilolo since 2014, and has now appointed Wanjeri Gakuru as its new managing editor until 2020. Other new officials of the collective include Kate Hampton as Deputy Managing Editor, Marziya Mohammedali as Arts Editor, Richard Ali as Board Secretary, and Mwas Mahugu as Treasurer. Jalada Africa […]
WATCH | Jalada Mobile Literary and Arts Festival in Kampala and Kabale
In 2017, the pan-African collective Jalada Africa announced a mega-step: a mobile literary festival covering five countries in East Africa. The Jalada Mobile Literary and Arts Festival was held from March 3-31 of last year. A hybrid between a traditional place-based festival and a bus tour, it covered twelve towns: Nairobi, Nakuru, Kisumu and Mombasa in Kenya; Mwanza, Arusha, Dar es […]
The Best Twitter Reactions to Jalada’s Reinvention of African Language Fiction
Last week, Jalada released a translation issue that instantly caused widespread uproar (of joy). The pan-African literary collective took one of Ngugi wa Thiongo’s short stories written in Kikuyu and proceeded to translate it into not one, two, three but 33 different languages, the majority of which were African languages. This officially makes Ngugi’s story, titled […]
The Science of African Sex! Why We Love Jalada’s New Collection
Every once in a while, stories come along that surprise critics and readers who claim to know African literature. Jalada’s recent compilation about sex strikes me as that kind of work. Jalada Africa is a literary collective committed to reshaping the way writing is published and circulated within the continent. Their recent collection titled Sext […]
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