Sometimes I find myself reading stories from books, blogs, social media posts, newspapers, poems (not as much) etc and feeling jealous of the people who wrote…
Originally published by The Sunday Nation Newspaper *** When the Jalada Africa’s second anthology, Sext Me, came out last year, I shared Linda Musita’s Kudinyana…
Just before going to the Writivism 2015 Workshop in Dar es Salaam, I wrote this post. At the end I said “Sometimes people talk about…
When the announcement was made for last year’s Caine Prize nominations, it was explicit about ‘looking for the next NoViolet Bulawayo.’ Bulawayo won the prize…
There is an interesting page in The Autobiography of Malcolm X when he recounts how as a young man he used to conk his hair.…
In the acknowledgements for her debut novel, Dust, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, concludes by saying: “Finally, thank you Kenya – my canvas, haunting, rage, passion, song,…
Since we arrived at Tafaria, I had not seen him crack a smile. And for a while I whispered to Bev that Billy Kahora is…