As Primo Levi’s book is becoming available to Swahili readers, we would like to welcome on these pages news about Swahili literature, translation, book publishing, and literary festivals. This interview was published by the Center for the Art of Translation. A conversation about literary culture and translation on the East African coast. In March 2022, Abu Amirah organized the fourth annual Swahili Literature Festival in Mombasa, Kenya. The festival celebrates Swahili literature’s long literary heritage and encourages its new writers and readers.
