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Literary Directory

Kwani?
Address: P. O. Box 2895-00100 Nairobi Kenya
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Kwani? is a journal founded by some of Kenya’s most exciting new writers and has 6 print editions to date. Receives significant funding from the Ford Foundation and has become a major platform for writing from across the African continent.

Established in 2003, Kwani Trust is a Kenyan based literary network dedicated to developing quality creative writing and committed to the growth of the creative industry through the publishing and distribution of contemporary African writing, offering training opportunities, producing literary events and establishing and maintaining global literary networks.

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Tel: +254 (0) 20 444 1801 | Cell: +254 (0) 704 832 379
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+254 020 4441802
Transition Magazine
Address: Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
Harvard University
104 Mount Auburn Street, 3R
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Born in Africa and bred in the diaspora, Transition is a unique forum for the freshest, most compelling, most curious ideas about race. It bills itself as “an anchor of deep reflection on black life and a map charting new routes through the globalized world.”

Transition is published three times annually by Indiana University Press. Now only accepts electronic submissions through Submittable. Submissions sent by physical mail will be recycled unread.

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617.495.8508
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617.495.8511
African Voices
Address: African Voices
270 West 96th Street
New York, NY 10025
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African Voices is a non-profit cultural arts organization dedicated to fostering cultural understanding and awareness through literature, art and film.

Founded in 1992 by a small group of writers and visual artists, the organization strives for artistic and literary excellence while showcasing the unique and diverse stories within the African Diaspora. The organization publishes a national quarterly literary magazine and presents community arts programs.

Managing Editor: Maitefa Angaza (Judith Halsey)

Art Director: Derick Cross (aka D. Cross)

Poetry Editor: Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie

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212.865.2982
LitNet
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Aims to provide a robust virtual home for culture lovers and to remain the leading South African multicultural online journal. It accommodates other languages such as Xhosa, English and Dutch.  LitNet is a home for both the home-grown philosopher and the more highbrow intellectual.

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021 886 5169
Jacaranda Books
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Jacaranda Books publishes adult fiction and non-fiction, including illustrated books, which cross linguistic, racial, gender and cultural boundaries – books in many ways as cosmopolitan as our city.

General Enquiries
Janneke Koopman
Publishing Manager
janneke@jacarandabooksartmusic.co.uk
020 7609 0891

Management, Editorial & Rights Queries
Valerie Brandes
Founder & Publisher
Email: valerie@jacarandabooksartmusic.co.uk
Twitter: @valrey

Digital & Publicity
Jazzmine Breary
Digital & Communications Manager
Email: jazzmine@jacarandabooksartmusic.co.uk
Twitter: @jreadsalot

Sales, Marketing & Business Development
Cynthia Hamilton
Commercial Director
Email: cynthia@jacarandabooksartmusic.co.uk
Twitter: @cynniethepoo

Sales Representative
David Wightman
Global Book Sales Ltd
2 The Hawthorns
Berkhamsted
Herts
HP4 3LL
E: david@globalbooksales.co.uk
T: 00 44 (0) 7963 210830

UK & International Distribution
Macmillan Distribution (MDL)
Unit 3, Olympia Trading Estate
Brunel Road,
Houndmills,
Basingstoke
Hampshire RG21 6XS

Tel: customer services on 01256 302692
Fax: customer services on 01256 812521/ 812558
Email: orders@macmillan.co.uk
www.macmillandistribution.co.uk

USA & Canada Distribution
Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
The Keg House
34 13th Avenue NE, Suite 101,
Minneapolis,
MN 55413

Tel:  612/746-2600

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020 7609 0891
Banipal
Address: BANIPAL
1 Gough Square
LONDON EC4A 3DE
UK
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Banipal welcomes inquiries from both authors or translators about submitting work. Banipal magazine is a magazine of translation, exclusively featuring authors from the Arab world.

Banipal is a magazine for lovers of literature, of world literature, to encourage a wider readership of Arab writers and poets for their own sake, and for both the particularity and the universality of their voices. Banipal publishes Arab writers and poets who write in French, English or German as well as the main Arabic language, presenting the reality of literature from the Arab world and naming it ‘Arab’ rather than ‘Arabic’ literature (which excludes literature by Arab authors not written in Arabic – and consequently many great Arab writers).

Most of the works translated are commissioned, from works that have already appeared  in the original languages in a published form, in books, magazines, newspapers or in on-line media. A minority of works published are written originally in English.

Banipal welcomes postal submissions, as well as all inquiries by email. Banal does not accept unsolicited submissions sent by email attachment. Unsolicited submissions will be automatically deleted. Correspondence following receipt of a postal submission will be made by email.

Publisher
Margaret Obank
margaret@banipal.co.uk

Editor
Samuel Shimon
editor@banipal.co.uk
samuel@banipal.co.uk

Subscriptions
subscribe@banipal.co.uk

Advertising
margaret@banipal.co.uk

 

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+44 20 7832 1350
Chimurenga
Address: PO Box 15117
Vlaeberg, 8018
Cape Town, SA

Room 303, Pan African Market
76 Long Street
Cape Town, SA
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Chimurenga is a pan African publication of writing, art and ideas, out of Cape Town, South Africa. Founded and edited by Ntone Edjabe, the first issue appeared in March 2002. Chimurenga provides an innovative platform for free ideas and political reflection by Africans about Africa.

The journal is published irregularly in print, online and through themed performances called “Chimurenga Sessions.”

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+27(0)21 4224168
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+27(0)21 4241673
Stanzas
Address: P.O. Box 16415
Vlaeberg
Cape Town
8018
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Stanzas is a quarterly of new poetry by established and aspirant poets. It offers a dynamic range of voices and styles within a vast landscape of expressions.

Stanzas is a quarterly which self-funds through subscription. It accepts new, previously unpublished poems in English and Afrikaans. Each subscription covers four issues of Stanzas. Anyone may subscribe, but only those who subscribe may submit poems for publication. Subscription to Stanzas does not guarantee acceptance of poems, the choice of which is left to the editors’ discretion.

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+27 (0) 21 461 1601
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+27 (0) 21 461 1601
Nthanda Review
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Nthanda Review is a Malawian online literary magazine. Nthanda Review publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, folk tales, essays, and reviews of any length all year round.
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Nthanda Review is a Malawian online literary magazine. Nthanda Review publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, folk tales, essays, and reviews of any length all year round.

The idea behind its creation is to provide a platform on which voices of different writers would be heard by the world. We publish works from Malawi and Africa as a whole. But we do not limit our outreach to just Africa, as such, anyone from across the world can contribute.

We accept works on any theme and style. So, you do not really have to familiarize yourself with the works we publish. Just read them for the love of literature. Contributors can submit to multiple categories. However, only submit once to each category until you have received our decision about your piece.

Submissions must be emailed to submissions@nthandareview.com with the subject line indicating the genre/category of your submission. All inquiries must be emailed to info@nthandareview.com. We do not pay contributors. The best we can do is to offer you the publishing space, for the love of literature and mankind.

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+265-881-098-795
Jalada Africa
Address: P.O. Box 45140, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
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Jalada Africa is a pan-African writers’ collective. It aims to publish literature regularly by African authors, making it as easy as possible for any member to publish anything or execute any literary project as quickly and effectively as possible.

 
Management Team:

Managing Editor: Moses Kilolo
Deputy Editor: Novuyo Tshuma
Chief Financial Officer/ Treasurer: Ndinda Kioko
Creative Director: Marziya Mohammedali
Events Manager: Wanjeri Gakuru
Social Media Manager: Richard Oduor Oduku

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+254700247847
The Swala Tribe
Address: Kigali Rwanda
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Call for Submission
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The Swala Tribe is a Rwanda-based platform seeing the rise for poets and illustrators alike. We are now seeking submissions for our debut poetry anthology from African poets and those of African background. Send up to three of your best, previously unpublished poems of any length style, genre & theme. All poems should be primarily in English

Submissions should be sent as Word document to theswalatribe@gmail.com with the subject line “Submission: The Swala Tribe Poetry Anthology” and your bio (100 words max) in the body of the message, together with the author’s links to their Social Media pages, blog and/or website, etc… If sending more than one poem, make sure they are all in one document and each poem titled separately. Again, if your poem(s) happen to have a special way of formatting, let it be known at the foot of the document with ‘NOTE THAT:’, all caps. Deadline is on March 31st, 2019 at 11:59pm CAT

Writers retain copyright of their work right after publication but are required to mention us as the first publishers if the piece(s) happen to be published somewhere else. However, the Swala Tribe team reserves the right to make edits to selected works that suit the publication but artist will be notified and their consent to those edits sought for.

Note that we do NOT accept simultaneous submissions.

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+250789554929
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Kachifo
Address: 253 Herbert Macaulay Way Yaba, Lagos - Nigeria
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Kachifo Limited is an independent Nigerian publishing house set up in 2004 to tell African stories. Kachifo Limited publishes Farafina Books, Farafina Tuuti, Farafina Breeze, Kamsi, Prestige Books and Farafina magazine until suspension of its publication in 2009.

Kachifo Limited offers the best in contemporary African writing. Since our inception, Kachifo Limited has published numerous titles from Africa’s celebrated authors such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Chris Abani, Ben Okri, and Ngugi wa Thiong’o amongst several others.

Kachifo Limited is governed by a board of directors which includes its founder, Muhtar Bakare, and Yewande Sadiku, Head of Corporate Finance at Stanbic IBTC, amongst others.

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+234 807 736 4217
Klorofyl
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Online literary and graphic lifestyle magazine with urban and African roots, Klorofyl was founded in 2009 to create a magazine about the search for truth and a better life, and our devotion to REPLANTing with wholesome values.

Klorofyl Magazine has had four issues since then, is distributed free as a pdf ebook, in an online graphic slider, and on the blog.

Klorofyl was started in Ibadan, Nigeria, amongst friends with a love for art, and that core remains the same. It has grown into a virtual team with contributors and editors from places as diverse as Botswana, Britain, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, The Philippines, South Africa, Malaysia, Taiwan, Uganda, USA, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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+234 802 548 1460
Q-Zine
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A pan-African, bilingual (English/French), quarterly electronic magazine by, for and about sexual minority groups in Africa. Q-zine aims to provide a legitimate outlet for queer Africans to celebrate the creativity and cultural richness of queer life in Africa. Q-zine’s main goal is to encourage sexual minority groups to decide how they should be represented in popular culture.

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+226-25-38-07-82
Callaloo
Address: Texas A&M University, 249 Blocker Hall, 4212 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-4212
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Callaloo provides a publication outlet, in English or English translations, for new, emerging, and established creative writers who produce texts in different languages in the African Diaspora. It also serves as a forum for literary and cultural critics who write about the literature and culture of the African Diaspora.

Callaloo is an academic quarterly. It also sponsors a number of related projects like on-campus readings lectures, symposia; an annual international creative writing workshop in fiction and poetry writing; and an annual conference.

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(979) 458-3108
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(979) 458-3275
Prufrock
Address: 8 Madison Square, 17 Warren Street, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town (8001)
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Prufrock was founded because the founders believe that the more young, South African voices are heard, the better. That diversity is key to progress. Prufrock is South Africa's best magazine of mighty fine writing, publishing fiction, non-fiction and poetry in all of South Africa's languages.

Editor: Helen Sullivan
Creative director: James King
Art director: Rosie Mudge
Associate editors: Nick Mulgrew & Abdul-Malik Sibabalwe Oscar Masinyana

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(+27) 82 320 7193 or (+27) 74 172 4817
Aerodrome
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AERODROME celebrates words and people. Through its reviews,
interviews, extracts and original creative writing, it aims to both champion and critique the art of writing — and showcase the subjects conveyed through books and writing.

For general queries, please email info@aerodrome.co.za. Queries regarding the website can be sent to the creative director, Djameela Dollie at dd@aerodrome.co.za.

AERODROME publishes original short fiction and poetry. Send  them to fiction@aerodrome.co.za and poetry@aerodrome.co.za. Please ensure you read the poetry and fiction guidelines before submitting your work. AERODROME also publishes features, interviews and reviews.  Drop a line to the editor, Alexander Matthews at am@aerodrome.co.za, if you are interested in writing for AERODROME.

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African Poetry Magazine
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African Poetry Magazine (Centre for African Poetry) aims to honour the work of organizations, publishers, book traders, agencies, institutions, donors, bloggers and others, with a notable commitment to African poetry

Afritondo -- Online Magazine for African Art and Politics
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Online Magazine for African Art and Politics
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Afritondo is an online magazine for African stories and content. It features opinion pieces, fiction, poems, and pictures, that address African issues or tell a story about the continent and the people living in it. The magazine's aim is to offer a platform for Africans, including many young people who may not have such access, to share their stories and views on Africa with a wider international audience.

The magazine will also be launching a short story competition in the coming months. Winners of the competition will receive cash prizes and winning entries published in a forthcoming anthology. Please like our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/afritondo/, to receive future updates and details of the competition.

Please visit our website http://afritondo.com for further detail and to get an idea of the sort of content and materials we publish. You may also email editor@afritondo.com if you have any enquiries

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