Readers’ Choice: Our Favourite African Reads of 2016
Last December, precisely on the 17th of December 2015, I opened an online book kiosk.…
Browsing: Books
Localising Texts and Preferences
When theMagunga Bookstore – Kenya’s online shop for African reads- first came up online, Of…
How Twitter is Connecting Authors and Book Lovers
For as long as we can remember book clubs have existed, enabling people who love…
Let’s Judge #TheWritivismFestival2015 in the Right Context
Literary festivals are always fun to attend. The point of such festivals is to meet…
Bringing Literature to Life via Social Media
Originally published in the Sunday Nation on 14th June 2015 Most of us spend a…
My Experience at the 2015 Caine Prize Writers Workshop in Ghana
(Republished with author’s consent from his personal blog, Writerphilic.) I was one of the participants…
Jalada Africa So Far
Originally published by The Sunday Nation Newspaper *** When the Jalada Africa’s second anthology, Sext…
A Nation In Labour
Harriet Anena is not as loud as many of my poet friends. At face value,…
Book Review: Daughter of Maa
Discussing culture is like walking mindlessly into a minefield. It is a subject that attracts…
A Walk in the Night & Other Stories
South Africa happens to be my dream destination in Africa. It is the place where…