Jalada Africa is a pan-African writers’ collective aimed at publishing literature by African authors regularly. The idea is to make it as easy as possible for any member to publish anything or execute any literary project as quickly and effectively as possible.

I ran into a meeting of the collective a few weeks ago when I was in town on a Saturday morning. It was here that I heard about this book that the group with members from all over this rock we live on were working on.

Well ladies and gentlemen, the first set of stories by the writers from across the continent dubbed Sketch of a bald woman in the semi-nude and other stories is out. The whole list of stories and the writers can be found at the website of the collective here or each of the stories below;

“Overpopulation Dynamics” by Tuelo Gabonewe

“Death at the End of Bougainvillea” by Jacque Ndinda

“Please Don’t Kill the Baby” by Orem Ochiel

“Just Because You Didn’t Win” by Nyana Kakoma

“The God with Twelve Hands” by Alexander Ikawah

“The Ease with which One Dies” by Anne Moraa

“The Gentle Man from Iten” by Kiprop Kimutai

“Big Pieces Little Pieces” by Novuyo Rose Tshuma

“Visiting Angel Gabriel” by Moses Kilolo

“Sketch of a bald woman in the semi-nude” by Clifton Gachagua

“Hagia Sophia” by Wambui Wairua

“Rabies” by Idza Luhumyo