Tag: Jalada Africa

  • Prof Wole Soyinka is guest author for Jalada Africa Translation Issue 02

    Prof Wole Soyinka is guest author for Jalada Africa Translation Issue 02

    Wole Soyinka is the featured author for the Jalada Translation Issue 02 with his short story Leah Comes to Mandela.    Jalada Africa, the pan African arts collective and publisher, was born when writers from across the continent converged in Nairobi in 2014. They have since gone on to publish many critically acclaimed anthologies both…

  • Jalada Africa’s “Nostalgia Anthology” in virtual launch.

    Jalada Africa’s “Nostalgia Anthology” in virtual launch.

    The Nostalgia Anthology, the latest from Jalada Africa the Pan African writers collective, launched online on Friday, December 4, 2020. Jalada Africa, the pan African writers’ collective and publisher was born when writers from across the continent converged in Nairobi in 2014. They have since gone on to publish many critically acclaimed anthologies both as…

  • Jalada Africa’s “Bodies Anthology” launches in Nairobi.

    Jalada Africa’s “Bodies Anthology” launches in Nairobi.

    The Bodies Anthology, the tenth from the Nairobi-based Pan African collective Jalada Africa, launched at the Kioko Mwitiki Gallery, Nairobi on Friday, December 13, 2019. Pan African writers’ collective and publisher Jalada was born in 2014 when writers from across the continent converged for a literary do in Nairobi. Since then the collective has gone…

  • Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor reads “The Dragonfly Sea” at Freedom Conversations.

    Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor reads “The Dragonfly Sea” at Freedom Conversations.

    Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor read an excerpt from her highly anticipated sophomore novel The Dragonfly Sea at the “Freedom Conversations” event at the Laico Regency Hotel, Nairobi on November 30, 2018. Jalada Africa and Edinburgh International Book Festival jointly hosted eight delegates from Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Kenya at the first Outriders Africa symposium. These…

  • Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor to feature at Jalada hosted “Freedom Conversation.”

    Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor to feature at Jalada hosted “Freedom Conversation.”

    Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is set to feature at the “Freedom Conversation”. The event hosted by Jalada Africa will be at the Laico Regency Hotel, Nairobi on Friday, November 30, 2018. The Freedom Papers was a Scottish project that featured specially commissioned writing from 51 authors from around the world each exploring their own unique interpretation…

  • Jalada Africa, Ngugi wa Thiong’o win at Sanaa Theatre Awards

    Jalada Africa, Ngugi wa Thiong’o win at Sanaa Theatre Awards

    Jalada Africa and Ngugi wa Thiong’o were the big literary winners at Kenya’s Sanaa Theatre Awards 2016 hosted at the Kenya National Theatre on 14th December 2016. There was a celebratory mood at the Kenya National Theatre as the performing theatre all came together to celebrate their best at the Sanaa Theatre Awards. Also at…

  • Jalada Africa to feature Ngugi wa Thiong’o much translated story tomorrow

    Jalada Africa to feature Ngugi wa Thiong’o much translated story tomorrow

    The Pan-African writers’ collective, Jalada Africa, will present an evening of readings, conversation, and performances based on a fable, Ituĩka Rĩa Mũrũngarũ: Kana Kĩrĩa Gĩtũmaga Andũ Mathiĩ Marũngiĩ (The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright) by the eminent author and scholar Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong’o. The fable has been translated into 55 languages, making…

  • Writivism Festival 2015: Day 2 promises loads

    Writivism Festival 2015: Day 2 promises loads

    It’s getting to day two at the Writivism Festival 2015 which will be on the Thursday people. To those who want to keep up, I tell you that this is the place to be right now. Just like on day one, there shall be a school tour happening and this time around the school enjoying…

  • Jalada’s Afrofuture anthology is coming; be afraid, be very afraid

    Jalada’s Afrofuture anthology is coming; be afraid, be very afraid

    Jalada’s Afrofuture anthology: Jalada Africa has announced that their newest anthology with the “Afrofuture” theme will be unleashed on an unsuspecting public on January 2015. They have given a sneak peek of the anthology with a non-fiction piece on visual artist Wangechi Mutu and her career by Binyanvanga Wainaina. The hottest new thing in the…