A Walk in the Night & Other Stories
South Africa happens to be my dream destination in Africa. It is the place where…
Browsing: Books
‘Coming Back to Me’ by Marcus Trescothick
I’ll never forget the day it happened. 13th September 2014. It was an unusually warm…
Review: Jalada’s Afrofuture(s) Anthology
Consider this; “despite our wheel, our plasma tablet and our tweets about the wrongs of…
The Riot in Dar es Salaam | Writivism 2015
Just before going to the Writivism 2015 Workshop in Dar es Salaam, I wrote this…
Writivism 2015, Dar Edition
I was in the passenger seat, waiting defiantly for her to insist for the third…
Do We Need New Themes?
When the announcement was made for last year’s Caine Prize nominations, it was explicit about…
The World Was Silent When We Died
I was with Mukundi and deMaitha on Tom Mboya Street when I saw it. I…
Kintu: Telling the Story Properly
‘Blood speaks,’ the matriarch Bweeza tells her brother Kanani Kintu, reflecting on his futile attempts…
The Review: AKELLO
When it begins, it is stupid most of the time. It could be over a…
Book Review: Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
In the acknowledgements for her debut novel, Dust, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, concludes by saying: “Finally,…