Shantell Powell<p><a href="https://ko-fi.com/africantranslationproject" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ko-fi.com/africantranslationpr</span><span class="invisible">oject</span></a></p><p>Help fund translations from non-colonial African languages into English. </p><p>Book 1: Bengithi Lizokuna (I thought it was going to rain) by Nakanjani G. Sibiya, translated from isiZulu by Sifiso Mzobe </p><p>Book 2: Zvinobvinza (The Crocodile Doesn't Hunt) by Pauline Chirata-Mukondiwa, translated from Shona by Zukiswa Wanner </p><p>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 </p><p>Why? <br>- In all times and especially these times, authentic global storytelling is essential. <br>- There is stark near-absence of modern fiction translated from non-colonial African languages. <br>- 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. <br>- Our languages are as essential to our being and our culture as are our stories. <br>- Support to translation work raises awareness and support to so many global, human, art forms. <br>- We are our stories. Translations help us connect.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/AfricanBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanBooks</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LiteratureInTranslation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteratureInTranslation</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a></p>