Radiobook Rwanda 2018
A new multimedia literary imprint, showcasing Rwandan and East African creative voices.
RadioBook Rwanda is comprised of three innovatively-designed ‘radiobooks’. This first wave of radiobooks features 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 and individuals exploring similar themes to those found in the stories.
Listen to Radiobook Rwanda
There are nine tracks to choose from. The dramatised narrations of the text are available in English and Kinyarwanda. The thematic podcasts are in English.
Radiobook Rwanda artists and writers
Mutsinzi Eric
Author, Waiting for Words
Mutsinzi Eric is a contributing writer for the art and culture website Mellowviews. He is also a passionate software and web developer. When he isn’t writing prose or code, he likes to spend time with friends and family, or catch up on some good reads. He lives in Kigali, Rwanda
https://mellowviews.com/
https://mutsinzi.com/
Annick La Reine Shimwa
Author, The Sykes are Woke
Jimmy Tuyiringire
Author, Umugigi W’inkuba
SOULS
Artists
Nduta Kariuki
Artist, Baraka, Scarred, Jose and Samueli, Omari
Nduta Kariuki is an artist from Nairobi, Kenya. She paints primarily but dabbles extensively. She studied fine art at Kenyatta University and majored in painting with minors in sculpture and graphic design. She has taught and worked in art and graphic design and is now based at the GoDown Arts Centre in Nairobi.
Jess Atieno
Artist
Radiobook Rwanda contributors
Denyse Umuhuza
English to Kinyarwanda translator, Ayari yarabuze ivuga (Waiting for Words) by Mutsinzi Eric) and Sykes (The Sykes are Woke) by Annick La Reine Shimwa
https://umuhuzainks.wordpress.com/
Emma-Claudine Ntirengenya
Kinyarwanda to English translator, The Thunder Hunter (Umugigi W’inkuba) by Jimmy Tuyiringire
Lucky Grace Isingizwe
Podcast presenter
Malaika Uwamahoro
Narrator, The Sykes are Woke by Annick La Reine Shimwa and Ayari yarabuza ivuga by Annick La Reine Shimwa, translated from English to Kinyarwanda by Denyse Umuhuza
Herve Kimenyi
Narrator, Umugigi W’Inkuba by Jimmy Tuyiringire and The Thunder Hunter by Jimmy Tuyiringire, translated from Kinyarwanda to English by Emma-Claudine Ntrigenya
Natacha Muziramakenga
Narrator, Waiting for Words by Mutsinzi Eric and Ayari yarabuza ivuga by Mutsinzi Eric, translated from English to Kinyarwanda by Denyse Umuhuza
Radiobook Rwanda partners
Huza Press
Kwani
British Council East Africa Arts Programme
Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol
Goethe Institute Kenya, Nairobi
Innovation Village, Kigali
Radiobook Rwanda updates and news
Festival - Dance Africa
Review - Words of Colour
Press - Africa in Words
Press - The Writing Platform
Buy Radiobook Rwanda
You can buy the Radiobook Rwanda set direct from our shop. Or, from the stockists listed below.
London, UK
Libreria
Africa Book Centre
Brooklyn, USA
Center for Fiction