NOT MY TIME TO DIE by Yolande Mukagasana
Yolande Mukagasana is a Rwandan nurse and mother of three who likes wearing jeans and designer glasses. She runs her own clinic in Nyamirambo and is planning a party for her wedding anniversary. But when genocide starts everything changes. Targeted because she’s a successful Tutsi woman, she is separated from her family and flees for her life. This gripping memoir describes the betrayals of friends and help that comes from surprising places. Quick-witted and courageous, Yolande never loses hope that she will find her children alive.
Ayari Yarabuze Ivuga, inkuru yanditswe na Mutsinzi Eric
Keza arahangayitse cyane kuko akeneye kubyara abana. None, ni gute yabiganiriza umugabo we?
Iyi nkuru yanditswe na Mutsinzi Eric, iherekejwe n’ibishushanyo by’umunyabugeni, Nduta Kariuki.
Iyi nkuru yanditswe bwa mbere mu Cyongereza, yashyizwe mu Kinyarwanda na Denyse Umuhuza.
THE SYKES ARE WOKE by Annick La Reine Shimwa
With artwork by Jess Atieno. Set in an alternate reality, ‘The Sykes are Woke’ is an intricate African-futurist origin story. Author Annick La Reine Shimwa tells the tale of Shama and how she came to be the respected leader of a young and highly skilled army.
Jess Atieno’s collage works depict scenes of marches and demonstrations and place women’s bodies centre stage.
Umuhigi w’inkuba, inkuru yanditswe na Jimmy Tuyiringire
Rutarindwa yitabye Imana ariko mu buryo bw’amayobera busize abaganga mu rujijo. Ibi biratera murumuna we Karemera kugomba kumenya ibanga riteye ubwoba ry’umuryango yakomotsemo. Iri banga ni -irihe? Kandi arabyitwaramo gute?
Iyi nkuru yanditswe na Jimmy Tuyiringire iherekejwe n’ibishushanyo by’itsinda ry’abanyabugeni, Souls.
Iyi nkuru yanditswe bwa mbere mu Kinyarwanda, yashizwe mu Cyongereza na Denyse Umuhuza.
THE CAPE COD BICYCLE WAR and other stories by Billy Kahora
Exploring tensions and transitions of lives in-between youthful folly and precarious adulthoods, this collection of eleven short stories brings together stories that have already received critical acclaim with previously unpublished stories set across Kenya, South Africa and the US.
WAITING FOR WORDS by Eric Mutsinzi
With artwork by Nduta Kariuki. Mutsinzi Eric’s short story ‘Waiting for Words’ beautifully captures a moment in time and space, and explores the tension between a couple struggling to conceive and struggling to communicate. Nduta Kariuki’s arresting portraits stare out at you, feeling familiar and full of story.
Intaganzwa Ziri Maso, inkuru yanditswe na Annick La Reine Shimwa
Shama, umuyobozi w’Intaganzwa, agiye kujya mu birori byo gusoza imyitozo y’abazaba indwanyi z’Ingwe. Ariko se, ni gute yaje kuba umuyobozi, kandi kubera iki afite umujinya mwinshi?
THE THUNDER HUNTER, by Jimmy Tuyiringire
With artwork by Souls. An exploration into Rwanda’s folklore, Jimmy Tuyiringire’s story follows Karemera as he tries to teach his western friend Deon about his family and his nation’s myths and traditional figures as well as seeking to uncover his own role in the thunder hunter’s story. Souls’ murals decorate an alleyway in Rwanda’s capital and depict three larger than life characters.
VERSUS and other stories
Huza Press’ first anthology brings together 8 stories shortlisted for the Huza Press Prize for Fiction 2015.
These experiments with narratives offer engaging stories of a country of young people chasing dreams, acquiring strength and discovering their certainties: from a resilient story of a redemptive love to confident retelling of gender strife in contemporary Rwanda and on to a science fiction story which examines hope and kindness in a future Africa. This is a collection that celebrates a new Rwanda and its multiple narratives and experiences.
Huza Press 