Ituĩka Literary Platform

ituĩka is an online and print platform devoted to publishing writers in african languages, facilitating translations, and raising the visibility of african language literary projects. anyone writing in, translating into or from an african language is welcome to contribute to the platform. together, africans writing in african languages can overcome the great odds that have consistently faced publishing of literary and scholarly material written in their languages. we acknowledge the logistical hurdles that come with opening the door to such numerous languages, and the lack of existing structures to support the process. however, we welcome the challenge as a way to develop working mechanism for multilingual publishing, african language translation and literary theories, and exciting the market to engage with african literature in african languages. published works will include: original writing in african languages, translations between african languages, translation and publication of