East African Literatures
Inspired by the African Literary Metadata Project (ALMEDA), the ASCL Library compiled a web dossier on East African literatures. It showcases literary works in English and Swahili that have been published in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in the last ten years. All titles are available at the ASCL library. The dossier is introduced by ALMEDA's PI Ashleigh Harris and concludes with a number of relevant web resources including a selection of online literary works.
NB: Individual literary works published in a printed literary journal or an anthology are not included in the web dossier as the ASCL library does not catalogue creative works that are part of a book or a journal. The metadata of these works will be made accessible via the ALMEDA linked open data repository. The same applies to all forms of online fiction.
Introduction | Selected publications | Web resources
Introduction
In Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (1986), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o notes that the “African novel and its development […] have been adversely affected by two factors”: first, “the printing press, the publishing houses and the educational context of the novel’s birth were controlled by the missionaries and the colonial administration” in Africa (wa Thiong’o 1986, 69), and secondly, “the rise of universities and colleges on the African soil at the beginning of the [nineteen] fifties” (70) were based on a colonial model that privileged the subject of ‘English Literature’ over other kinds of literary cultures. The consequence has been a central and persistent problem in which African literatures in European languages have been “given the identity of African literature as if there had never been a literature in African languages.” (wa Thiong’o 1986, 22)
Ngũgĩ’s point is a founding principle of the African Literary Metadata (ALMEDA) research project, which seeks to correct the systems of knowledge organization that have enabled the erasure of African literary traditions from the colonial era onwards. One of the most significant ways in which African literary traditions were ignored, was through the splitting of oral and written literatures into two different traditions (and archives), the one ethnographic and the other literary when the two were always deeply entangled in one another. While some African languages enjoyed substantial print infrastructure in the mid to late 19th century, many of these earlier initiatives were short lived and as the proselytizing missions gave way to formal colonial rule, African language presses dissipated. The decolonizing moment renewed national energies in African language publishing, but as Sarah Brouillette has argued, the African publishing industry and book trade was almost brought to a standstill by IMF and World Bank structural adjustment programs in the 1980s and 1990s. (Brouilette 2017)
The lack of available publishing resources in Africa, for African literary forms and languages, has meant that writers and poets have explored alternatives to the published book – and these alternatives both build on existing pre-colonial literary and oral traditions as well as develop new print and online forms. This body of literature includes oral forms like spoken word poetry, storytelling, and performed dramatic arts; print forms, like zines, literary magazines, and pamphlets; and online forms, such as twitterature, flash fiction, FaceBook-fiction and online comics. Indeed, the emergence of Web 2.0 in the early 2000s has been a game-changer in enabling ephemeral literary production and dissemination in Africa. But despite the fact that these ephemeral, and often informally published and distributed, forms can be seen to dominate African literature consumption across the continent today, only a small number of such materials find their ways into formal catalogues and archives.
The ALMEDA project catalogues and creates Linked Open Data on such ephemeral African literatures in multiple African languages. Some East African materials that pertain to this wonderful collection of materials at the ASCL Library include: serialized novels in Tanzanian and Kenyan newspapers from the mid-20th century; poetry and short stories from literary magazines such as Transition and Busara, where major East African writers, like Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o himself, published some of their first literary works; and the literary output of small non-profit publishers, like Femrite in Uganda, who publish a range of literary products, from books to magazines, and host numerous other literary activities.
What is most exciting about the dossier compiled by the ASCL library here is the fact that it weaves together the ephemeral materials that ALMEDA is concerned to catalogue alongside more formally published materials, which ultimately provides wide view of the contemporary Eastern African Literary field in ways that will be sustained for researchers in the future.
Works cited:
Brouillette, Sarah. “The African Literary Hustle.” Blind Field Journal: A Journal of Cultural Inquiry, 14 August 2017, blindfieldjournal.com/2017/08/14/on-the-african-literary-hustle/. Accessed 4 November 2024.
Wa Thiong’o, Ngũgĩ. Decolonising the Mind : The Politics of Language in African Literature. London, Portsmouth, N.H.: Currey ; Heinemann. 1986
Selected publications
Kenya: drama | poetry | short stories | novels | other literary forms
Tanzania: drama | poetry | short stories | novels | other literary forms
Uganda: drama | poetry | short stories | novels
Literary journals
For Tanzanian children's and youth literature see the latest library highlight.
Kenya
J. E. Sibi-Okumu : collected plays, 2004-2014 / J. E. Sibi-Okumu. - Nairobi: Jahazi Press, 2021.
The return of Mgofu : a play / by Francis D. Imbuga. - Nairobi, Kenya: Longhorn Publishers, 2016.
Ameena : a play / by Allaudin Qureshi. - Nairobi: Asian African Heritage Trust, 2015.
Don Geronimo : a play / by Kuldip Sondhi. - Nairobi: Asian African Heritage Trust, 2015.
Six and the city : 6 short plays on Nairobi / Billy Kahora ... [et al.]. - Nairobi: Native Intelligence, 2014.
Heart strings : a collection of poems / Onejikû. - Nakuru, Kenya: Mystery Publishers Limited, 2022.
All the petals of the universe : a poetry collection / by Kendi Karimi. - [Kenya]: Kendi Karimi, 2020.
Corpses of unity : an anthology of poems = Cadavres de l'unité : un anthologie de poèmes / edited/ dirigé by Nsah Mala, Mbizo Chriasha ; [preface Gilbert Doho]. - Nairobi: Vita Books, 2020.
Desire / Nkirote Kinoti. - Nairobi: Writers Guild Kenya, 2020.
Echoes of military souls : a collection of poems / Jerusha Kananu Marete. - Nakuru, Kenya: Mystery Publishers Limited, 2020.
Knitting my soul / Kendi Karimi. - Kenya: Kendi Karimi, 2020.
Liquid love : a poetry collection / by Kendi Karimi. - Kenya: Kendi Karimi, 2020.
Soaring above the pandemic : poetic echoes from East Africa / edited by Peter Amuka, Egara Kabaji, Bryson Omwalo, Barack Wandera. - Bungoma, Kenya: InterCEN Books, 2020.
What I mean when I talk about love / Kendi Karimi. - [Kenya]: Kendi Karimi, 2020.
Mvumo wa helikopta / Kithaka wa Mberia. - Nairobi: Marimba Publications, [2019], 2019.
Doa / Kithaka wa Mberia. - Nairobi: Marimba Publications [2018], 2018.
The sun on a coloured portrait / Chottohanga Aketch. - Nairobi: Excellwise Ventures, 2017.
A fire within and other stories / edited by: Muthoni Garland, Mathew Sang. - Nairobi, Kenya: Storymoja, 2022.
Life in no order : a compilation of short stories / by Kendi Karimi. - [Nairobi]: Alkebulan Press, 2022.
Highland cactus : a short story collection / Munira Hussein. - [Nairobi]: Munira Hussein, 2021.
Mapambazuko ya machweo na hadithi nyingine / wahariri: D.W. Lutomia na Phibbian Muthama. - Nairobi, Kenya: Mountain Top Educational Publishers Limited, 2021.
Station master, Eburru and other stories / Pheroze Nowrojee. - Nairobi: Manqa Books, 2021.
Veiled secrets and other stories / contributors: Lydia O. Amgechi, Tony Ogwa Tony, Diana Mosoba, Faith Okwiri, Bakari K. Bakari, Mwichuhulu wa Silifwano and J.B. Omukangala. - Nairobi: African Ink Publishers, 2021.
Equipoise : 2020 anthology of the Nairobi Writing Academy / edited by Makena Onjerika. - Nairobi, Kenya: Nairobi Writing Academy, 2020.
Flashes of vice : collection of flash fiction stories.Vincent de Paul. - Nakuru, Kenya: Mystery Publishers, 2020.
Flashes of vicecollection of flash fiction stories.Vincent de Paul. - Nakuru, Kenya: Mystery Publishers, 2020.
When a stranger called : an anthology of short stories by young writers with old souls. - Nairobi: C.J. Gicheru C. Chanchori E. Mbabazi M. Chepchumba I. Aseka V. de Paul B. Mbanacho K. Okumu M. Hussein N. Abisai T. Reginaldah K. Kimuyu and H. Mwololo, 2020.
Businesswoman's fault / Okang'a Ooko. - [Kenya]: Oba Kunta Octopus, 2019.
Changarawe : hadithi kadhaa kutoka Uswahilini / Zimeandikwa na Saad Saleh Yahya. - Nairobi: Abantu Publications (EA) Ltd, 2019.
Beegu city : Turkana county short stories / John Monyjok Maluth. - Nairobi: Discipleship Press, 2018.
Strange encounters : [nature uprooted and shaken] / Jacob Aliet. - Nairobi, Kenya: Jacob Aliet, 2018.
Dukawalla and other stories / Pheroze Nowrojee. - Nairobi: Manqa Books, 2017.
Uhuru street : short stories / MG Vassanji. - Nairobi: Storymoja, 2016.
Where antelope roam : and other stories out of Africa / Jon Arensen. - Naivasha: Old Africa Books, 2016.
Murdering romance : (a Kendi Karimi novel) / Kendi Karimi. - Nairobi: Alkebulan Press, 2022.
4 minutes / Ash Jay. - [Kenya]: [publisher not identified], 2021.
Broken hedges : a novel / Joseph Kang'ule M'Mwirichia. - Nakuru: Mystery Publishers, 2021.
Carnivore mountain / Charles Chanchori. - Kangema, Kenya: Charles Chanchori, 2021.
Escape from Moneyville / Shiraz Durrani. - Nairobi: Vita Books, 2021.
The fall of a dynasty : tyrants, hustlers, and liberators : a deadly battle for power : a novel / Joe Khamisi. - Kenya: Jodey Book Publishers, 2021.
I am become death / by Charles Chanchori. - Kangema, Kenya: Charles Chanchori, 2021.
Kiss me goodbye / Wairiuko wa Nyambura. - Nairobi, Kenya: [publisher not identified], 2021.
A life of scene / by Charles Chanchori. - Kangema, Kenya: Charles Chanchori, 2021.
Lions on the prowl : living with Parkinson's disease : a novel / by Jon Arensen. - Naivasha, Kenya: Old Africa Books, 2021.
The midnight sun / by J. B. Omukangala. - [Kombewa, Kenya]: African Ink Publishers, 2021.
Mwangi's adventure / Marjory Kĩmani. - [Nairobi]: Nsemia, 2021.
Never meet her / Ash Jay. - [Kenya]: [publisher not identified], 2021.
Nguu za jadi / Clara Momanyi. - Nairobi: Queenex Publishers Limited, 2021.
The return of the sun / Kevin Omwanza. - [Nairobi]: Nsemia, 2021.
The shadow of a bullet : face to face with the rainbow colours of terrorism / Douglas Logedi. - [Kenya]: Douglas Logedi Luhangala, 2021.
Shoreline evolution / Jacob Aliet. - Nairobi, Kenya: Ndiko Aliet, 2021.
Silver lining : (in loving memory of Kennan) / Ash Jay. - [Kenya]: [publisher not identified], 2021.
Unbroken / Gladys Adisa Erude. - Eldama Ravine, Kenya: Worlds Unknown Publishers, 2021.
City of cannibals : novella / Dancan Ouma Obuya. - Nakuru, Kenya: Mystery Publishers Limited, 2020.
The dark scar / Oroni Tendera. - Eldama Ravine, Kenya: Worlds Unknown Publishers, 2020.
The delegate's friend / Edward Mwangi. - Nairobi: Writers Guild Kenya, 2020.
The Levant church : chronicles of a dark awakening / Jacob Aliet. - Nairobi, Kenya: Ndiko Aliet, 2020.
A life undeserved : Maingi's tribulations / Warugongo Wamathai. - Nyeri, Kenya: Dreamlinks Books Supplies, 2020.
The reunion / Kekelwa Nyaywa. - Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers, 2020.
Shoreline : origins / Jacob Aliet. - Nairobi, Kenya: Ndiko Aliet, 2020.
Twisted Times : son of man / Vincent de Paul. - Kenya: Mystery Publishers, 2020.
Ward nine / Emily Khalayi Wekulo. - Eldama Ravine, Kenya: Worlds Unknown Publishers, 2020.
When you sing to the fishes / Okang'a Ooko. - [Nairobi, Kenya]: Oba Kunta Octopus, 2020.
The African roots on trial / Simeon Uwuoga Adol. - Nairobi: Neno Publishers LTD, 2019.
A call at midnight / Grace Ogot. - Kisumu [Kenya]: Anyange Press Ltd., 2019.
David Livingstone : the wayward vagabond in Africa / M.G.N. Kahende. - Nairobi, Kenya: East African Educational Publishers, 2019.
A good day : (a translation of 'Siku njema' / by Ken Walibora) ; translated by Dorothy Kweyu, Fortunatus F. Kawegere. - Nairobi, Kenya: Sasa Sema Publications :;imprint of Longhorn Publishers (K) PLC, 2019.
Hello mother / Charles Chanchori. - Kangema [Kenya]: Charles Chanchori, 2019.
Inevitable desires / Vincent de Paul. - Nakuru, Kenya: Mystery Publishers Limited, 2019.
Magnolia flower : [when beauty casts a long shadow] / Jacob Aliet. - [Nairobi]: Jacob Aliet, 2019.
The winding road / Gichaba Nyantino. - [Nairobi]: Sterling Heights Creations, 2019.
Drunk / by Jackson Biko. - Nairobi, Kenya: Jackson Biko, 2018.
Kenda mũiyũru : rũgano rwa Gĩkũyũ na Mũmbi / Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. - Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers Limited, 2018.
Princess Nyilaak / Grace Ogot. - Kisumu [Kenya]: Anyange Press Ltd, 2018.
Remembrance / Lily Mabura. - Nairobi, Kenya: Longhorn Publishers Plc, 2018.
The royal bead / Grace Ogot. - Kisumu [Kenya]: Anyange Press Limited, 2018.
Zoo / Charles Chanchori. - [Kenya]: Charles Chanchori, 2018.
Dusk in the morning / Kap Kirwok. - Nairobi, Kenya: Longhorn Publishers Limited, 2017.
Unmarked grave: a story of the Mau Mau war/ P.M. Kareithi, translated from the Swahili by Chege Githiora. - Nairobi: Phoenix Publishers, 2017.
The elephant dance / H.R. Ole Kulet. - Nairobi, Kenya: Longhorn Publishers (Kenya) Ltd., 2016.
The whistleblower / Samuel Wachira. - Nairobi, Kenya: Longhorn Publishers (K) Ltd., 2016.
Beyond the rising tide / Nelly Opiyo ; forew. by Hellen Wahonya Okello. - Nairobi: Sahel Publishing Association, 2015.
Black ghosts / Ken. N. Kamoche. - Nairobi [etc.]: East African Educational Publishers Ltd, 2015.
Names and secrets / Mark Mutali Chetambe. - Nairobi, Kenya: East African Educational Publishers Ltd., 2015.
Kovu moyoni / John Habwe. - Nairobi: Bookmark Africa Publishers, 2014.
Stillborn / Diekoye Oyeyinka. - Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers, 2014.
The blind spot : Cha kula magazine special edition / written and illustrated by Chief Nyamweya. - Nairobi : Route to Food , 2023.
Folktales of Suguta Valley / Akeno Julius. - Ongata Rongai, [Kenya] : Jakochimbo Press, 2021.
Sauti za wananchi : njia poa ya kusikika / mchoraji Marco Tibasima.- Nairobi : Twaweza Kenya, 2019.
The crows will tell : a collection of Ngewa -- fables - from the Akamba of Kenya / Muli wa Kyendo. - Nairobi, [Kenya] : Syokimau Cultural Centre, [2017].
Oral literature of the Marakwet of Kenya / Paul Kipchumba. - Nairobi, Kenya: Kipchumba Foundation, 2016.
Tanzania
Julius Nyerere kizimbani / Emanuel Mbogo. - Africa Proper Education Network, 2022
Mwinyi na manyani ya adili (Toleo la kwanza.) / Emanuel Mbogo. - Africa Proper Education Network, 2022
Kumng’oa nduli / Emanuel Mbogo. - Africa Proper Education Network, 2022
Changamoto / Elizabeth Mahenge. - Dar es Salaam: Eprovinpublishers Company Limited, 2021.
Sadaka ya John Okello : Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar (Chapisho la pili) / Emanuel Mbogo. - Africa Proper Education Network, 2019
Tanzia ya Patrice Lumumba (Chapisho la Pili) / Emanuel Mbogo. - Africa Proper Education Network, 2019
Wangari Maathai (Chapisho la pili) / Emanuel Mbogo. - APE, Africa Proper Education Network, 2019
Malkia Bibi Titi Mohamed / Emmanuel Mbogo. - Dar-es-Salaam: Africa Proper Education Network, 2018.
Mtumwa hadi Siti binti Saad / Emanuel Mbogo. - Africa Proper Education Network, 2018
Nyerere na Safari ya Kanaani (toleo la pili 2018) / Emanuel Mbogo. - Africa Proper Education Network, 2018
The chant of savant / Nkwazi Mhango. - Mankon: Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, 2023.
Chemchemi jangwani / Mohammed Omar Juma. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2023.
Deja moo / Michael Ntunga ; edited by Richard Mbuthia & Omary Baajun. - [Place of publication not identified]: Kwetu Publishers, 2023.
Inyumba mahame : tuvuye khunyumba / Gastor Mtweve Mtotowakhasi. - [Tanzania]: [publisher not identified], 2023.
Kifaurongo / Christopher Bundala Budebah. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2022.
Mji wa Kambare / Rashid Othman Ali. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2022.
Sinaye baba / Mfaume Hamis Mfaume. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2022.
Diwani ya mtu kwao / Francis Njau. - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd, 2021.
Jinsi ya kurudi nyumbani / Esther Karin Mngodo. - [Dar es Salaam, Tanzania]: [publisher not identified], 2021.
Wino wa Dhahabu / Bashiru Abdallah. - Dar es Salaam: [publisher not identified], 2021.
Diwani ya nimetumia ndotoni / Sikudhani Jalala. - Dar es Salaam: Taasisi ya Taaluma za Kiswahili, 2020.
The lost diary / Adam Anthony. - [Tanzania]: [publisher not identified], 2019.
Machozi yamenishiya / Mohammed Khelef Ghassani (lmeharirwa na Utangulizi kuwekwa na Prof. Said A. Mohamed). - Dar-es-Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2019.
Poems of thought / by Tugwire Timothy Bandora Jr. - Dar es Salaam: Tugwire Timothy Bandora Jr., 2019.
I think...the untold thoughts / Jabir S. Mchomvu. - [Place of publication not identified]: Bookleaf Publishing, 2018.
My words : (poetry collection)[2018]. - Thaba Nchu: Charmza Literary Club, 2018.
Mwanangu rudi nyumbani / Dotto Rangimoto. - Dar-es-Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota, 2018.
Diwani ya tuzo ya Ushairi ya Ebrahim Hussein: Juzuu la pili / Tuzo ya Ebrahim Hussein (TUEHU). - Tanzania: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2017.
Haile ngoma ya wana : diwani ya mwanamvita / Ahmed Hussein Ahmed. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2017.
Where war was : poems and translations from Eritrea / Charles Cantalupo ; images by Lawrence F. Sykes. - Dar-Es-Salaam: Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers Ltd, 2016.
Utenzi wa Nelson R. Mandela / Ibrahim Mbiu Bendera. - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Mbiu Communications Ltd., 2015.
Parrots of white feathers and other stories / Lubacha Deus, Ayla George, Assumpta Chiwango Nalitolela, Upendo Chitinka, Aisha Mohamed, Agnes Mgoji. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota, 2024.
Wind, sand, sky : three stories / Marc Eichen ; translated by Shani Suleiman Khalfan, Abdulrahman Ndegwa. - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd, 2023.
Vitimbi vya mama wa kambo na hadithi nyingine / Ally Y. Mugenzi. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Limited, 2020.
Bima ya penzi / G.P. Mwamwingila. - Dar es Salaam: Dhahabu Publishers, 2024.
Kiguu na njia / Ben R. Mtobwa. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd, 2023.
Kivuli cha moyo : safari ya kusaka furaha, amani na upendo / Mandolin Dotto Kahindi. - Dar es Salaam: Truth Printing, 2023.
Kolonia Santita : laana ya Panthera Tigrisi / Enock Maregesi. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2023.
Mkono wa jamhuri / Wilbard Makene. - Dar es Salaam: Africa Proper Education Network, 2023.
Naitwa Willy Gamba : toleo la mwisho la harakati za mpelelezi maarufu kupata kutokea Afrika / A.E. Musiba. - Dar es Salaam: Darohn 5 Press Ltd, 2023.
Ninaapa Kwamba : (I solemnly swear) / Lello Mmassy. - Dar es Salaam: Mbiu Press, 2023.
Peponi / Abdulrazak Gurnah ; Kimetafsiriwa na Ida Hadjivayanis. - Tanzania: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2023.
Sarafu ya gavana / Wilbard Makene. - Dar es Salaam: Africa Proper Education Network, 2023.
Sinaubi / Mbana Kidato. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2023.
A tangled web / Eunice Urio. - Dar es Salaam: E & D Vision Publishing, 2023.
Uchochoro wa Tanzanite / Wilbard Makene. - Dar es Salaam: Africa Proper Education Network, 2023.
Ufafanuzi Lugalo / Wilbard Makene. - Dar es Salaam: Africa Proper Education Network, 2023.
Uozo bandarini / Wilbard Makene. - Dar es Salaam: Africa Proper Education Network, 2023.
Bweni la Wasichana / Lucas Lubango. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2022.
Gamba la nyoka / Euphrase Kezilahabi. - Dar es Salaam: Africa Proper Education Network, 2022.
Kabrasha la rais / Makene, Wilbard. - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Umoja wa Waandishi wa Riwaya wenye Dira, 2022.
Kilio cha Mwanamke / Idrissa Haji Abdalla. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2022.
Kirusi kipya / Halfani Sudy. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2022.
Koplo Levezi : nani anahusika? / Joseph Ismael Madega. - Morogoro, Tanzania: Pangoni Publisher, 2022.
Mchezo mchafu / M. Majaliwa. - Dar es Salaam: Malaika Publishers Co. Limited, 2022.
Mikataba ya kishetani / Ben R. Mtobwa. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd., 2022.
Penzi la Damu : imeshinda Tuzo ya Kiswahili ya Mabati - Cornell ya Fasihi ya Afrika, mwaka 2015 / Anna Manyanza. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2022.
Roho ya paka / Ben. R. Mtobwa. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd., 2022.
Safari ya Matumaini / John W. Wanyonyi. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2022.
Utatu 'mtakatifu' : the gangsters / Beka Mfaume (the Greatest). - [Dar es Salaam] Tanzania: Kiatu Media, 2022.
FUVU namba 53 : kitabu namba 4242 / Japhet Nyang'oro Sudi. - Arusha, Tanzania: [publisher not identified], 2021.
Kifurushi ikulu / Wilbard Makene. - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Moccony Printing Press, 2021.
Kufa na Kupona / E.A. Musiba. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2021.
Shetani wa kibuki / Ali Ben Othman. - [Dar es Salaam, Tanzania]: [publisher not identified], 2021.
Vita ya mirathi : roho mkononi / Joseph Ismael Madega. - Morogoro, Tanzania: Pangoni Publishers, 2021.
Zanzibar for beginners : a crazy lovestory / Catharina Aanderud. - Zanzibar: [publisher not identified], 2021.
Namba 7898 / mwandishi: Malle Hanzi. - [Dar es Salaam]: Hanzi Graff, 2020.
Karafu : a freed slave / Nahida Esmail. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2019.
Mimi na rais =(The president and I) / Lello Mmasy. - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Serengeti Bytes Limited, 2019.
Mmeza fupa / Ali Hilal Ali. - Dar-es-Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota, 2019.
Hujuma / A.E. Musiba. - Nairobi: Orion Nairobi Press, 2018.
Kikosi cha kisasi / A.E. Musiba. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota, 2018.
Kufa na kupona / E.A. Musiba. - [Tanzania]: [publisher not identified], 2018.
Mkuki wa dhahabu / Juma E Kulemwa. - Dar es Salaam: Taasisi ya Taaluma za Kiswahili Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, 2018.
Wimbi la mauti / Jephet Nyang'oro Sudi. - Arusha, Tanzania: Japhet Nyang'oro Sudi, 2018.
The conspiracy / Richard Henry Msechu. - [Dar es Salaam]: Richard Henry Msechu, 2017.
Mungu hakopeshwi : [riwaya] / Zainab Alwi Baharoon. - Dar es Salaam: Mukuki na Nyota, 2017.
Colombian roulette : a novel / Toby Green. - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Mkuki na Nyota, 2016.
Harusi ya Dogoli / Athumani B. Mauya. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd, 2016.
Mirathi ya hatari / C.G. Mungongo. - Dar-es-Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota, 2016.
Miss TZ / Hussein Issa Tuwa. - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: UWARIDI, 2014.
Njama / A.E. Musiba. - [Tanzania]: [publisher not identified].
Uchu / A.E. Musiba. - [Tanzania]: [publisher not identified].
Tafakuri ya safari / Mwinyikombo A. Mwinyikombo. - Dar es Salaam: Taasisi ya Taaluma za Kiswahili Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, 2022.
The African princess / Tausi Likokola. - Tanzania: [publisher not identified], 2019.
Elimu jumuishi : je, tupo pamoja kweli? / mhariri mkuu = chief editor: John Kalage ; mchoraji = cartoonist: Popa Matumula. - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : HakiElimu, [2018]
Hakuna penzi la kweli =No true love / mwandishi: Zubagy Akilimia ; mhariri: Oscar Ndauka. - Dar es Salaam: Brain Perfect Publishers & Tours Ltd.,
Mateso ya dada wa kazi : (mateso ya hausigeli) / mwandishi: Zubagy Akilimia ; mhariri: Oscar Ndauka. - Dar es Salaam: Brain Perfect Publishers & Tours Ltd.,
Penzi la mlalahoi / mwandishi: Zabagy Akilimia, mhariri: Oscar Ndauka. - Dar es Salaam: Brain Perfect Publishers & Tours Ltd.,
Uganda
The muchwezi, the flower & the suitor : a poetic play / Zziwa Zinabala. - Kampala: Stubborn Poetry, 2021.
Mkwamo / Masereka Levi Kahaika. - Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 2018.
Ettwale lya vampaya : (Vimpire's empire) / by Musisi Munagomba Fred. - [Uganda]: Musisi Munagomba Fred, 2017.
The pain we carry : in our silent selves / Johnson Kitengejja & Joshua Kyama. - [Kampala]: Author Crafts, 2023.
Rage and bloom / Lena Grace Anyuolo. - Kampala, Uganda: Editor House Facility Ltd, 2022.
Anthem for Africa / Timothy Wangusa. - Uganda: Kitara Nation, 2021.
My country and her musing neighbours / by East African poets ; edited by Gerald Kisaparwot. - Uganda: Kitara Nation, 2021.
A sweet for the mind / Sanula Kutaira. - Entebbe, Uganda: MicarPrint, 2021.
Don't love me in English / Bridget Ankunda. - Uganda: Kitara Nation, 2020.
No roses from my mouth : poems from prison / by Stella Nyanzi ; introduction by Esther Mirembe and Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire. - Uganda;©2020: Ubuntu Reading Group, 2020.
No time to mourn : an anthology by South Sudanese women / edited by Hilda Twongyeirwe, Elizabeth Deng Ashamu. - Kampala: FEMRITE Publications, 2020.
Footsteps of the kakalabanda : a concert of poetic stories / Ronald K. Ssekajja. - Uganda: Scribe House, 2019.
Rumblings of a tree / Mulumba Ivan Matthias. - Kampala: Mattville, 2017.
Wondering and wandering of hearts : poems from Uganda / edited by: Susan N. Kiguli, Hilda J. Twongyeirwe ; with a preface by Mwalimu Austin Bukenya. - Kampala: FEMRITE-Uganda Women Writers Association, 2017.
A nation in labour : a poetry collection / by Harriet Anena ; [edited by Richard Ugbede Ali]. - Kampala, Uganda: Millennium Press, 2015.
They were Ugandan : a short story anthology / Surumani Manzi. - [Uganda]: The African Studies Bookstore, 2021.
No time to mourn : an anthology by South Sudanese women / edited by Hilda Twongyeirwe, Elizabeth Deng Ashamu. - Kampala: FEMRITE Publications, 2020.
Nothing to see here : stories of the 5th Residency for African Women Writers / edited by Hilda Twongyeirwe. - Kampala: FEMRITE Publications Limited, 2015.
The pot and other stories : stories of the 6th FEMRITE Residency for African Women Writers / editor : Ellen Banda-Aaku. - Kampala: FEMRITE-Uganda Women Writers Association, 2015.
Truck driver / Billy Opifeni. - Kampala, Uganda: Published by Billy Opifeni with the services of Scribe House, 2021.
Chronicles of Iruba / Micheal Suubi. - Kampala: Scribe House, 2020.
The greedy barbarian : a novel / by Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. - [Kampala]: Kisana Consults, 2020.
Harvesting the mustard seed : a scintillating story from Kigezi / Solomon Kabushenga. - [Kampala]: TFK Luminary Publishers, 2019.
Zura maids / Eunice Otuko Apio. - Kampala: Femrite Publications, 2018.
Amidst the war / Olive Lawino. - Kampala, Uganda: Panamaline Books Distributors Limited, 2017.
The honking / Mulumba Ivan Matthias. - Kampala, Uganda: Mattville, 2017.
Inside our dark world / by John Eldard Kato. - Kampala, [Uganda]: Deluxe Publishers, 2017.
Olugendo lw'obulamu / Ssengiri Ssemanda Gonzaga-Gonza. - [Kampala]: Fountain Publishers, 2017.
The switch / Mary Karooro Okurut. - Kampala: FEMRITE, 2016.
"""Primitive"" but happy / Henry Edison Okurut Kedi.". - [Kampala]: Henry Edison Okurut Kedi, 2015.
Literary journals
Kikwetu ; Kwani? ; Lawino ; Lolwe ; (East Africa Journal ; Busara ; Joe ; Nexus ; Transition ; Umma)
Web resources
Online literary works: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda | Performances of East African spoken word artists on YouTube | Literary platforms
Online literary works
Juicy Zambaraos / P. Ochieng Ochieng. In: Kikwetu, 1, 2015.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/juicy-zambaraos.html (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Excerpted from the novel, Remembrance / Lily Mabura.
In: Kikwetu, 1, 2015.
Kenya ; novels (form) - excerpt
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/remembrance.html (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Only Good Christian Girls Live Here / Ruth Kenyah.
In: Kikwetu, 1, 2015.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/only-good-christian-girls-live-here.html (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Tongue Poison / Linda Musita.
In: Kikwetu, 1, 2015.
Kenya ; prose (form).
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/tongue-poison.html (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
The Watchman / Moses Abukutsa. In: Kikwetu, 1, 2015.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/the-watchman.html (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Chicken Run / John Ndavula. In: Kikwetu, 1, 2015.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/chicken-run.html (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Games to Break the Silence / Otieno Owino. In: Kikwetu, 2, 2016.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/games.html (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Murmurs of the Spring / Livingstone Lutomia. In: Kikwetu, 2, 2016.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/murmurs-of-the-spring.html (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Daguerreotype / Nduta Waweru. In: Kikwetu, 2, 2016.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/Daguerreotype.html (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Lyra is in Massachusetts / Sanya Noel. In: Kikwetu, 2, 2016.
Kenya ; prose (form).
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/lyra-is-in-massachusetts.html (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Moriot / Lutivini Majanja. In: Kikwetu, 3, 2017.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/moriot.html (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Kilifi Backpackers Lodge / Alexander Ikawah. In: Kikwetu, 3, 2017.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/kilifi-backpackers-lodge.html (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Karakana ya Kheri / Wesley Tsuma. In: Kikwetu, 3, 2017.
Kenya ; prose (form).
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/karakana-ya-kheri.html (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
The Healer / Noel Cheruto. In: Kikwetu, 3, 2017.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/the-healer.html (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Nam and the Old Man / P. Ochieng Ochieng. In: Kikwetu, 3, 2017.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/nam-and-the-old-man.htm (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
FIFA: A Love Story / Dennis Mugaa. In: Lolwe: 2 , 2020.
Kenya ; essays (form)
https://lolwe.org/issue-2/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
And Like A Flame That Flickers Out Too Soon / Hassan Kassim. In: Lolwe: 3 , 2021.
Kenya ; essays (form)
https://lolwe.org/issue-3/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Invisible / Caroline Okello. In: Lolwe: 5 , 2022.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://lolwe.org/issue-5/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Jaba / C.K.R. Mose. In: Lolwe: 6 , 2022.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://lolwe.org/issue-6/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Sande / Mercy Munyanya. In: Lolwe: 7 , 2023.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://lolwe.org/issue-7/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Loving Nina / Buke Abduba. In: Lolwe: 8 , 2023.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://lolwe.org/issue-8/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
It was 2002, and We Were Unbwogable / Clarie Gor. In: Lolwe: 8 , 2023.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://lolwe.org/issue-8/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
The Rain Translates My Bibi to Me / iman adam. In: Lolwe: 9 , 2024.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://lolwe.org/issue-9/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
wars & rumours of wars (ii) / Alvin Kathembe. In: Lolwe: 9 , 2024.
Kenya ; poetry (form)
https://lolwe.org/issue-9/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
the weight of letters / Alvin Kathembe. In: Lolwe: 9 , 2024.
Kenya ; poetry (form).
https://lolwe.org/issue-9/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
the miracle / Alvin Kathembe. In: Lolwe: 9 , 2024.
Kenya ; poetry (form)
https://lolwe.org/issue-9/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
the bucket & the well / Alvin Kathembe. In: Lolwe: 9 , 2024.
Kenya ; poetry (form)
https://lolwe.org/issue-9/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
The Invisible Resin / Daniella Malinda. In: Lolwe.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://lolwe.org/the-invisible-resin/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
A Culinary Prelude / Elizabeth Nafula. In: Lolwe.
Kenya ; drama (form) (form)
https://lolwe.org/a-culinary-prelude/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
The Doll Thief / Sitawa Namwalie. In: Lolwe.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://lolwe.org/the-doll-thief/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Just a Friend / Edwin Chege. In: Lolwe.
Kenya ; prose (form)
https://lolwe.org/just-a-friend/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
The Witr Prayer / Salma Abdulatif. In: Lolwe.
Kenya ; poetry (form)
https://lolwe.org/the-witr-prayer/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
The Fajr Routine / Salma Abdulatif. In: Lolwe.
Kenya ; poetry (form)
https://lolwe.org/the-witr-prayer/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Rest in Piece / Salma Abdulatif.
In: Lolwe. Kenya ; poetry (form)
https://lolwe.org/the-witr-prayer/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
The Silencing / Zafrina Nyawira Muthoni Njenga. In: Lolwe.
Kenya ; poetry (form)
https://lolwe.org/ukombozi/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Ukombozi / Zafrina Nyawira Muthoni Njenga. In: Lolwe.
Kenya ; poetry (form)
https://lolwe.org/ukombozi/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Before you / Zafrina Nyawira Muthoni Njenga. In: Lolwe.
Kenya ; poetry (form)
https://lolwe.org/ukombozi/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
The Trauma of Christ / Zafrina Nyawira Muthoni Njenga. In: Lolwe.
Kenya ; poetry (form)
https://lolwe.org/ukombozi/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Too Blinded / Diana Nyakyi. In: Kikwetu, 3, 2017
Tanzania ; prose (form)
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/too-blinded.html (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Wrestling With Hypnos / Sylvia Ilahuka. In: Lolwe: 2 , 2020.
Tanzania ; essays (form)
https://lolwe.org/issue-2/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Ndege Wawili Tena, Two Birds Again / Mohamed Yunus Rafiq. In: Lolwe.
Tanzania ; prose (form)
https://lolwe.org/two-birds-again/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Robiko's Employment Agency / Doris Achenga Odit. In: Kikwetu, 3, 2017.
Uganda ; prose (form)
https://www.kikwetujournal.com/robikos-employment-agency.html (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Coup de Grâce / Derek Lubangakene. In: Lolwe: 2 , 2020.
Uganda ; prose (form)
https://lolwe.org/issue-2/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
The Art of Naming / Maxine Sibihwana. In: Lolwe: 4 , 2021.
Uganda ; prose (form)
https://lolwe.org/issue-4/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Can I Show You Magic? / Jedidiah Mugarura. In: Lolwe: 5 , 2022.
Uganda ; prose (form)
https://lolwe.org/issue-5/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
clean read / Davina Philomena Kawuma.In: Lolwe: 9 , 2024.
Uganda ; prose (form)
https://lolwe.org/issue-9/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Butterflies That Bleed / Avery Katumba-Nakabaale. In: Lolwe.
Uganda ; drama (form)
https://lolwe.org/butterflies-that-bleed/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Boy Lazarus / Ema Babikwa.In: Lolwe.
Uganda ; prose (form)
https://lolwe.org/boy-lazarus/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
discovery / Lillian Akampurira Aujo. In: Lolwe.
Uganda ; poetry (form)
https://lolwe.org/three-poems-aujo/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
eye of the celibate women / Lillian Akampurira Aujo. In: Lolwe.
Uganda ; poetry (form)
https://lolwe.org/three-poems-aujo/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
equilibrium / Lillian Akampurira Aujo. In: Lolwe.
Uganda ; poerty (form)
https://lolwe.org/three-poems-aujo/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Water Birds on the Lake Shore / Precious Colette Kemigisha. In: Lolwe.
Uganda ; prose (form)
https://lolwe.org/water-birds-on-the-lake-shore/ (Accessed on 24 October 2024)
Performances of East African spoken word artists on YouTube
Dorphanage, KenyanPoet, Mumbi Poetry, Mufasa Poet, Wllie Oeba, qui quarre, Brian Silweyz
Jalada Africa
Jalada Africa is a pan-African writers’ collective that publishes an online literary and arts journal on its website. The issues contain short pieces of fiction, poetry, essays, interviews and photographs. The Jalada translation series consists of translations of two literary works: Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s story, The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright, originally written in Kikuyu, was translated in 100 languages, Wole Soyinka’s poem, Mandela Comes to Leah, was translated in 49 languages. The issues also contain audio examples of the translated works. The monthly Spotlight series showcases a member (or member emeritus) of Jalada Africa.
https://jaladaafrica.org/
Writing Africa
WritingAfrica.com started on April 24, 2013, when its founder James Murua registered a blog to give visibility to African writers rarely covered by mainstream African media. Since its founding, he covered literary news from a distinctly Africa-centric lens. Its YouTube channel set up in 2020 contains more than 600 videos featuring African writers in their element at virtual and physical events.
https://www.writingafrica.com/ & https://www.youtube.com/@writingafrica
Posted on 20 November 2024, last modified on 20 November 2024