A Valentine’s Day Anthology Of African Romance From Ankara Press
African romance imprint Ankara Press will publish a digital anthology of love stories by Binyavanga Wainaina and more for Valentine's Day.
<p><a href="http://www.ankarapress.com/pages/about-us" target="_blank"><strong>Ankara Press</strong></a>, the new romance novel-focused imprint of groundbreaking Nigerian publishing house <strong><a href="http://www.cassavarepublic.biz/pages/about-us" target="_blank">Cassava Republic Press</a></strong>, announced earlier this week that they will be releasing a free digital anthology of love stories in celebration of Valentine's Day. The special collection will feature short stories from seven contemporary African writers alongside audio recordings and translations of each story into the different language spoken by its contributing author, including Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, Egbira, Kiswahili, Kikuyu, Kpelle and French.</p><p>The forthcoming anthology will feature narratives from Kenyan memoirist and <a href="http://time.com/70795/binyavanga-wainaina-time-100/" target="_blank">TIME 100 honoree</a> <strong>Binyavanga Wainaina</strong>, and award-winning Nigerian authors <strong>Toni Kan</strong>, <strong>Sarah Ladipo Manyika</strong>, <strong>Chuma Nwokolo</strong> <strong>Abubakar</strong>, and <strong>Adam Ibrahim</strong>. Literary newcomers<strong> Edwige-Renée Dro</strong> of Cote d' Ivoire and Liberia's <strong>Hawa Jande Golaka</strong> have also penned original stories for the anthology.</p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p>Co-founder and publishing director of Ankara Press<strong> Bibi Bakare-Yusuf</strong> <a href="http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/sunday/index.php/the-arts/19535-ankara-press-releases-free-valentine-s-day-story-anthology" target="_blank">remarked</a> that the project will allow African readers interested in modern romance stories "to read and hear what romancing in different languages might sound like and mean, as well as showing how romance can break away from the genre stereotypes and still be entertaining." The <a href="http://www.ankarapress.com/blogs/news/18814511-the-valentine-s-day-anthology-of-african-romance" target="_blank">Valentine's Day anthology</a> will be available for free digital download on the Ankara Press <a href="http://www.ankarapress.com" target="_blank">website</a> on Saturday, February 14th. For more, keep up with Ankara Press on <a href="https://twitter.com/ankarapress" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ankarapressbooks/timeline?ref=page_internal" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.</p><p><strong>Update: February 14, 2015:</strong> Download the Ankara Press Valentine's Day Anthology 2015 <a href="http://www.ankarapress.com/pages/valentine-anthology" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><strong>Valentine's Day 2016 Update:</strong> Today, Ankara Press released their first print books in the company's two year existence. The six print titles are: <em>A Tailor-made Romance</em> by Oyindamola Affinnih, <em>Black Sparkle Romance</em> by Amara Nicole Okolo, <em>A Taste of Love</em> by Sifa Gowon, <em>Love’s Persuasion</em> by Ola Awonubi, <em>Finding Love Again</em> by Chioma Iwunze-Ibiam and <em>Elevator Kiss</em> by Amina Thula.</p><p><div class="dfp_atf-slot" data-not-loaded="true"></div><script type="text/javascript">
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</script></p><p>They also released two new e-books today: <em><a href="http://www.ankarapress.com/products/love-next-door?variant=16275976195" target="_blank">The Seeing Place</a></em> by Aziza Eden Walker and <a href="http://www.ankarapress.com/products/love-next-door?variant=16275976195" target="_blank"><em>Love Next Door</em></a> by Amina Thula.</p>
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