No Edges

The first collection of Swahili fiction in English translation, No Edges introduces eight East African writers from Tanzania and Kenya as they share tales of sorcerers, Nairobi junkyards, cross-country bus rides, and spaceships that blast prisoners into eternity. Here we're encouraged to explore the chaos of life on a crowded Earth, as well as the otherworldly realms lying just beyond our reach. Through language bursting with rhythm and vivid Africanfuturist visions, these writers summon the boundless future into being.

Clara Momanyi is a Kenyan academic, creative writer, and translator who has been teaching Kiswahili literature in Kenyan universities for many years. Her creative works include novels such as Tumaini (Hope), Nakuruto, and Nguu za Jadi (Old summits). Some of her children’s books include Ushindi wa Nakate (Nakate’s Victory), which won the 2015 Text Book Centre Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature; Siku ya Wajinga (Fools’ day); and Pendo Katika Shari (Love in adversity). She has also written several Kiswahili short stories, which have appeared in various Kiswahili short story anthologies. Professor Momanyi has also published numerous academic papers in peer-reviewed journals in Africa, Asia, and Europe.