https://ko-fi.com/africantranslationproject
Help fund translations from non-colonial African languages into English.
Book 1: Bengithi Lizokuna (I thought it was going to rain) by Nakanjani G. Sibiya, translated from isiZulu by Sifiso Mzobe
Book 2: Zvinobvinza (The Crocodile Doesn't Hunt) by Pauline Chirata-Mukondiwa, translated from Shona by Zukiswa Wanner
Book 3: From Kiswahili, announced if we reach $5000 by the end of August, with translation starting if we reach $7500 by the end of August
Why?
- In all times and especially these times, authentic global storytelling is essential.
- There is stark near-absence of modern fiction translated from non-colonial African languages.
- New communities will be able to read these stories, written from perspectives they have not before seen, and that are not created by requiring stories to be told in English.
- Our languages are as essential to our being and our culture as are our stories.
- Support to translation work raises awareness and support to so many global, human, art forms.
- We are our stories. Translations help us connect.
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