The Sykes Are Woke / Intaganzwa
Ziri Maso

BOOK DESCRIPTION

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. 

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 Shimwa, iherekejwe n’ibishushanyo by’umunyabugeni, Jess Atieno.
Iyi nkuru yanditswe bwa mbere mu Cyongereza, yashyizwe mu Kinyarwanda na Emma Claudine Ntirenganya.

WELCOME TO RADIOBOOK RWANDA

RADIOBOOK RWANDA is a new multimedia literary imprint, showcasing Rwandan and East African creative voices. There are three innovatively-designed radiobooks’ in this first wave, each featuring the work of one writer and one artist. The accompanying podcasts act as the expanded universe of the book. They feature dramatised narrations of the text, as well as interviews with the writers, artists and individuals exploring similar themes to those found in the stories.

The imprint is the brainchild of three publishers: Huza Press (Rwanda), Kwani Trust (Kenya) and No Bindings (UK). It draws on inspiration and editorial expertise from Kwani Trust’s Kwanini? series, while opening up new audiences for Rwandan writers published by Huza Press through No Bindings’ innovative approaches to form and community publishing. RadioBook Rwanda is a new Art new Audiences project supported by the British Council’s East Africa Arts Programme.

CONTRIBUTORS

Written by: Annick La Reine Shimwa
Translated by: Emma Claudine Ntirenganya
Illustrated by: Jess Atieno