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Credits

Project Lead, Issue 02: Wanjeri GakuruProject Conceptor & Issue 01 Lead: Moses Kilolo, Original Text in English by Prof. W?lé ?óyínkáCover Design and Images: Marziya Mohammedali First published in October 2023 Copyright © 2023 by Jalada Africa. P.O. Box 45140Nairobi [email protected] We...

Project Lead, Issue 02: Wanjeri Gakuru
Project Conceptor & Issue 01 Lead: Moses Kilolo,
Original Text in English by Prof. W?lé ?óyínká
Cover Design and Images: Marziya Mohammedali


First published in October 2023
Copyright © 2023 by Jalada Africa.

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Nairobi 00100
Kenya.
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We encourage writers and translators who do not find their languages featured in this issue and who would like to volunteer to contribute a translation of this poem and to future Translation Issues to get in touch with us via [email protected]. Bonus submissions of translations will be published on a rolling basis.

“Mandela Comes to Leah” is the original work of Prof. W?lé ?óyínká and is protected by copyright. No part of the poem in English (or in translation) may be reproduced, reprinted, or reposted elsewhere without the prior permission in writing of Jalada Africa. For enquiries concerning reproduction or submission, write to [email protected].

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