An annual online literary journal that publishes both new and established writers from East Africa and beyond in English and Swahili.

Born out of our Nairobi-based writing group in 2015, Kikwetu is an annual online literary journal that publishes both new and established writers from East Africa and beyond in English and Swahili.  

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Kikwetu: A Journal of East African Literature

For this issue, we’re looking for bold, original, compelling poems.<div><br></div><div>We welcome work written in both English and Kiswahili. </div><div><br></div><div>Please submit all poems in one document. </div><div>Send us your original unpublished work; where your voice is the strongest, most confident and singularly yours.</div>

Kikwetu: A Journal of East African Literature

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