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‘I avoid filling up my belly to feel less guilty’—Read newly translated poetry by Fiston Mwanza Mujila

February 4, 2019February 4, 2019Efemia ChelaLeave a Comment on ‘I avoid filling up my belly to feel less guilty’—Read newly translated poetry by Fiston Mwanza Mujila

Asymptote Journal runs the Close Approximations Translation Contest yearly, and this year an excellent translation of Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s poetry…

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Africa

‘Kasala for Myself’—New jazz-suffused poetry from Fiston Mwanza Mujila featured in Asymptote, in English and French

August 6, 2018August 6, 2018Efemia ChelaLeave a Comment on ‘Kasala for Myself’—New jazz-suffused poetry from Fiston Mwanza Mujila featured in Asymptote, in English and French

In their Summer issue, Asymptote Journal features new poetry from Congolese author Fiston Mwanza Mujila. Eschewing the more chaotic and…

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New translation of select essays by Mohamed Kacimi

June 5, 2017June 5, 2017Efemia ChelaLeave a Comment on New translation of select essays by Mohamed Kacimi

Over at Asymptote Journal, a selection of Algerian writer Mohamed Kacimi’s essays have been translated from French into English by…

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