IMPRINT AFRICA is a collection of interviews that chronicles the work of a new network of female intellectuals and activists who have transformed African publishing across the twenty-first century. The rise of woman-led literary initiatives…

These ten stories, emerging from Rwanda,Kenya, Somaliland, Somalia and Ethiopia, highlight new African voices that share bold combinations of openness and curiosity, nuance and bravery. From fiery femme tongues, broken colonial languages and tender queer subjectivities…

In 1994, over a hundred days, more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that tore Rwanda apart. Three decades later, one hundred Rwandan storytellers reflect on what happened and how they have carried on living in the aftermath of catastrophe…

Yolanda 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…

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collection of eleven short stories brings together stories that have already received critical acclaim with previously unpublished stories set across Kenya, South Africa and the US…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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? 
Iyi nkuru yanditwe na Annick La Reine…

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…